 I know of no other peak that impresses the mind so deeply with the sense of wonder and awe. As seen from the north the eastern and western faces are almost equally precipitous, and the broad top is jagged by sharp teeth, of which the two outermost, one...  Notes of a Naturalist in South America - Стр. 244авторы: John Ball - 1887 - Страниц: 416Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Elisée Reclus - 1894 - Страниц: 624
...teeth, of which the two outermost present summits of apparently equal height. At a distance of about 25 miles the whole mass seemed to be coated with snow...and teeth of black rock stood out against the sky" (ibid.). The name of another illustrious explorer is commemorated in the Darwin range, which skirts... | |
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...rock stood * " Voyage of the Beagle," p. 252. With illustrations, t "Notes of a Naturalist," p. 244. out against the sky. I remained for some time utterly engrossed by the marvellous spectacle." From the channels and bays at the west end of Beagle Sound the southern face of this range has occasionally... | |
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