RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Frézier, Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili, du Perou, etc. CUL-DAR42.1b. 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).
Darwin's abstract is for the French edition.
Amédée-François Frézier (1682-1773). 1717. Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili, du Perou, et, du Brésil, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 et 1714. 2 vols. Amsterdam.
Amédée-François Frézier; Halley, Edmond (1656-1742). 1717. A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. London.
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Frezier 1712- 14
Novemb. 26th.- 1605. Arica overthrown Frezier p. 261
centre of vein richest; intersection always richest part
N & S most common direction
[Vol. 2]
Pisco Octob 19th 1682 the sea retired half a league & then returned with great violence overthrew town p. 319
NB. Acosta talks of great retreat of sea at Valparaiso
Callao so low that inundation of Sept. 1713 formed an island.
Sea constantly eating the land.
Earthquakes said to be most frequent on coast than inland
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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