StaffaDavid and Charles, 1975 - 201 Seiten |
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... natural feature of Britain . This famed islet is Staffa . Foam - girt by stormy Hebridean seas , it rises serene , presenting colonnaded cliffs and caves , amazing not only in size but in form and symmetry . Since the island was “ dis ...
... natural feature of Britain . This famed islet is Staffa . Foam - girt by stormy Hebridean seas , it rises serene , presenting colonnaded cliffs and caves , amazing not only in size but in form and symmetry . Since the island was “ dis ...
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... Natural History expedition to Iceland ; he was really Mr Banks at that time and only twenty- nine years of age . Previous to that voyage , Banks had accompanied Captain Cook , as chief of the scientific department on board the En ...
... Natural History expedition to Iceland ; he was really Mr Banks at that time and only twenty- nine years of age . Previous to that voyage , Banks had accompanied Captain Cook , as chief of the scientific department on board the En ...
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... natural pillars mostly above fifty feet high , standing in natural colonnades according as the bays or points of land formed themselves ; upon a firm basis of unformed rock , above these the stratum which reaches to the soil or surface ...
... natural pillars mostly above fifty feet high , standing in natural colonnades according as the bays or points of land formed themselves ; upon a firm basis of unformed rock , above these the stratum which reaches to the soil or surface ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
DISCOVERY OF STAFFA BY SIR JOSEPH BANKS | 11 |
EARLY TRANSPORT TO STAFFA AND THE ISLANDS | 23 |
Urheberrecht | |
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appears arch Ardtun Atlantic Banks's basalt beautiful believed bird Boat Cave boatmen cavern centre Clamshell Cave cliffs coast Colonnade colour columnar rock columns cormorant dark described description of Staffa Dr Johnson earth's Edinburgh edition entrance evidence famous Faujas feet Fingal's Cave formation formed Gaelic Gaels geologists Giant's Causeway Glasgow Gometra Gunna Mor Hebrides height Herdsman Inchkenneth including Staffa inhabitants Iona Ireland Island of Staffa lava flows Loch MacCulloch MacKinnon's Cave MacQuarrie mention miles natural neighbouring islanders Oban ocean Ossian owing paddle steamer pillars poem published puffins Ranald MacDonald region ruins sailed says scene Scotland sea level seen Sir Joseph Banks Skerryvore south-west Staffa and Iona steamboat steamer stones storm surface Tertiary tide Tobermory Torloisk Tour Treshnish Isles tuff Ulva estate visit to Staffa visited Staffa visitors volcanic volcanic activity Watteville waves weather West Highlands Western Isles wind wonderful
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