Chapter 3

THE ORIENTAL SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT AND AMERICAN DISCOVERIES.

The decipherment of cuneiform inscriptions, and the study of Assyrian remains up to 1840--Ancient Iran and the Avesta--The survey of India and the study of Hindustani--The exploration and measurement of the Himalaya mountains--The Arabian Peninsula-- Syria and Palestine--Central Asia and Alexander von Humboldt--Pike at the sources of the Mississippi, Arkansas, and Red River--Major Long's two expeditions--General Cass--Schoolcraft at the sources of the Mississippi--The exploration of New Mexico--Archaeological expeditions in Central America--Scientific expeditions in Brazil-- Spix and Martin--Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied--D'Orbigny and American Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

SECOND PART.