31st August 2009

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The appearance of the Andes was different from that which I had expected. The lower line of the snow was of course horizontal, and to this l...

28th August 1834

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Valparaiso I staid a week in St Jago & enjoyed myself very much: in the mornings I rode to various places in the plain, & in the eve...

27th August 1834

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[Modern Santiago] Valparaiso After crossing many low hills we descended into the small land-locked plain of Guitròn. In these basins which ...

26th August 1834

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[Aconcagua] Valparaiso We left Jajuel & again crossed the basin of S. Felipe. The day was truly Chilian, glaringly bright & the atm...

24th August 1834

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Valparaiso Two days before I left there was a heavy fall of snow in the mountains, which prevented me from taking some interesting excursion...

21st to 23rd August 1834

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Valparaiso These copper mines are superintended by a shrewd but ignorant Cornish miner; he has married a Spanish woman & does not mean t...

19th & 20th August 1834

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Valparaiso Passed the town of Quillota, which is more like a collection of nursery gardens than a town, & followed up the valley. — The ...

18th August 1834

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Valparaiso Descended the mountain by rather a better track & passed some beautiful little spots, with rivulets & fine trees; & a...

17th August 1834

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Valparaiso We climbed up to the highest ridge of the rough mass of greenstone. The rock as is so generally the case was much shattered &...

16th August 1834

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Valparaiso The Major Domo of the Hacienda was good enough to give me a guide & fresh horses; in the morning we set out to ascend the Cam...

15th August 1834 (continued)

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Valparaiso Chili as may be seen in the maps is a narrow strip between the Cordilleras & the Pacific; & this strip is itself traverse...

15th August 1834

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Valparaiso On the next day I returned to wards the valley of Quillota. The country was exceedingly pleasant, just what I fancy Poets mean by...

14th August 1834

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Valparaiso I managed to set out on a geological excursion to the base of the Andes. Our first day's ride was along the Northern shore; w...

Valparaiso 1834

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Nothing from Darwin until the 14th... so in the meantime another of Conrad Marten's wonderful paintings. This one is entitled 'Valpa...