Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle" Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.J. Murray, 1909 - Всего страниц: 537 |
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... Coast - road to Coquimbo - Great Loads carried by the Miners Coquimbo - Earthquake - Step - formed Terraces- Absence of Recent Deposits - Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations - Excursion up the Valley - Road to Guasco ...
... Coast - road to Coquimbo - Great Loads carried by the Miners Coquimbo - Earthquake - Step - formed Terraces- Absence of Recent Deposits - Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations - Excursion up the Valley - Road to Guasco ...
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... coast of Africa , and at points sixteen hundred miles distant in a north and south direction . In some dust which was collected on a vessel three hundred miles from the land , I was much surprised to find particles of stone above the ...
... coast of Africa , and at points sixteen hundred miles distant in a north and south direction . In some dust which was collected on a vessel three hundred miles from the land , I was much surprised to find particles of stone above the ...
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... coast . It rests on ancient volcanic rocks , and has been covered by a stream of basalt , which must have entered the sea when the white shelly bed was lying at the bottom . It is interesting to trace the changes produced by the heat of ...
... coast . It rests on ancient volcanic rocks , and has been covered by a stream of basalt , which must have entered the sea when the white shelly bed was lying at the bottom . It is interesting to trace the changes produced by the heat of ...
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... coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The highest point is only fifty feet above the level of the sea , and the entire circumference is under three - quarters of a mile . This small point rises abruptly out of ...
... coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The highest point is only fifty feet above the level of the sea , and the entire circumference is under three - quarters of a mile . This small point rises abruptly out of ...
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... coast , their chief sustenance from these swimming crabs . Seamen invariably attribute the discoloration of the water to spawn ; but I found this to be the case only on one occasion . At the distance of several leagues from the ...
... coast , their chief sustenance from these swimming crabs . Seamen invariably attribute the discoloration of the water to spawn ; but I found this to be the case only on one occasion . At the distance of several leagues from the ...
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animals appear Archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca barrier-reefs Beagle beautiful believe birds boat Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chatham Island Chile Chiloe climate coast cocoa-nut colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance elevation extremely feet forest formed Fuegians Gauchos genus greater number green ground guanaco habits head height hills horses houses hundred Indians inhabitants insects island islets Jemmy Button lagoon land lava living lizards manner miles morning mountains natives nearly night ocean Pampas party passed Patagonia plain plants Plata probably quadrupeds reef remarkable resemble Rio Negro river road rock scarcely scenery seen shells shore side South America southern species spot stone Strait of Magellan stream subsidence summit surface surprised Tahiti Tierra del Fuego tortoise trees valley Van Diemen's Land vegetation volcanic voyage walk whole wild wind wood