The Canary Islands

The Canary Islands

The Canary IslandsProbably many people have shared my feeling of disappointment on landing at Santa Cruz. I...
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Author: Du Cane, Florence,1869-1955
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The Canary Islands

The Canary Islands

CHF 12.33 CHF 6.16

The Canary Islands

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Author: Du Cane, Florence,1869-1955
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Canary Islands

Probably many people have shared my feeling of disappointment on landing at Santa Cruz. I had long ago realised that few places come up to the standard of ones preconceived ideas, so my mental picture was not in this case a very beautiful one; but even so, the utter hideousness of the capital of Teneriffe was a shock to me. Unusually clear weather at sea had shown us our first glimpse of the Peak, rising like a phantom mountain out of the clouds when 100 miles distant, but as we drew nearer to land the clouds had gathered, and the cone was wrapped in a mantle of mist. There is no disappointment attached to ones first impression of the Island as seen from the sea. The jagged range of hills seemed to come sheer down to the coast, and appeared to have been[2] torn and rent by some extraordinary upheaval of Nature; the deep ravines (or barrancos as I afterwards learnt to call them) were full of dark blue mysterious shadows, a deeply indented coast-line stretched far away in the distance, and I thought the land well deserved to be called one of the Fortunate Islands. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66355
Author: Du Cane, Florence
Release Date: Sep 21, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1911
Publisher Country: uk

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Illustrator: Du Cane, Ella, 1874-1943

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