RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1835]. Watercoloured pencil section of the Cumbre or Uspallata Pass. CUL-DAR44.34. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2024. With thanks to Gordon Chancellor. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR44 contains maps of South America, plans, diagrams and geological sections etc. drawn by Darwin. Cream-coloured wove paper, 26x18cm.

See the introduction to the Geological Diary by Gordon Chancellor.

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[above sketch:] Cumbre G | Line of deviation 5 lines | Valley of R. las Cuevas (H) | G | 45 | F | 3d | F | 70 to 80 SW | D | 2 lines | Valley of Horcones C | 70° | B | 1 line | (a)

[below sketch:] (D) | Section north side of valley | (E) | (F) | G | H | Puente del Inca |  (broard valley) | 30° | (make all this much longer) | (E)

[inset:] D | C | B | (a) | North of corresponding spot below 

[bottom sketch:] [above:] W) | Cumbre | G | H | G | Z | E | (D C B) (a) x

[below sketch:] Section south side of valley from Casa de Pujios to the Cumbre

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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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