RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Dampier, A new voyage round the world. CUL-DAR42.193. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR42 contains notes for Darwin's book South America (1846).
Dampier, William. 1697. A new voyage round the world. London: James Knapton.
Another abstract is in CUL-DAR42.115.
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Dampier Vol I. p. 422
When the land is fenced with steep rocks & cliffs, the sea is deep - (Patagonia exception): if these are very high - must be so, because by my theory subsidence is required to remove very high cliffs – (Ormes head in Wales. -?)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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