The western world. Picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in North and South America (1874)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 336
THE CORDILLERAS. 335 base, and by which it was originally created. Fifty-one vol- canoes are found along the line. Of the twenty which sur- round the Valley of Quito, three are active, five dormant, and twelve are supposed to be extinct. By far the larger number rise out of the eastern range ;… … time to time shaken down its cities, caused huge waves to flow over the level land, and destroyed countless thousands of its inhabitants. Chimborazo was long supposed to be the most lofty mountain on the globe. It is 21,420 feet high , but Aconcagua in Chili rises to the height of 23,200 feet.…
Natural history · Natural history -- America
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