Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709 - July 28, 1877In the island of...
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709

$9.99

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709

$9.99
Author: Various
Format: eBook
Language: English

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709 - July 28, 1877

In the island of Mauritius, in the Southern Ocean, stands Pieter Both (or Peter Botte), one of the strangest shaped and most inaccessible mountains in the world. From the sea it is most calculated to impress beholders. Its quaint shape towers above the rugged mountain mass which again dominates over Port-Louis; and its still quainter name dates from so far back as 1616, when Pieter Both d'Amersfort, a Dutch admiral, or General of the Sea, as he is described in the records, happening to be shipwrecked on the island, was perpetuated by name in the mountain which cast its shadow across his drowned body. The travellers' tales which are heard beyond the seas of the ascents of a mountain, insignificant in size, but by reputation ranking with monarchs of Alpine celebrity, have contributed to lend a grandeur and a mystery to Pieter Both in the imaginations of those who approach him for the first time. Though various ascents have been made from time to time (one of which was described in this Journal as far back as 1834), that made in June 1876 by a party of eleven seems to have been of special interest, as the following narrative, from the pen of one of the party, will shew. His story runs as follows: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49374
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Release Date: Jul 6, 2015
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Language: English

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Editor: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 , Chambers, William, 1800-1883

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