. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 362 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Bay, Port Yancouver and, near tlie Dampier islets, the spacious York Bay about midway between tlie east and west points. Staten Island, which was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch expedition of Le Maire and Schouten, was never occupied by any European power, and is, in fact, â uninhabitable. At least, . no permanent settlements could be advantageously formed in such an inhospitable region. At presents it depends politically on the Argentine Government of Tierra del Fuego. RiojA, San Luis, and Cordoba Uplands, Other mountai
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 362 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Bay, Port Yancouver and, near tlie Dampier islets, the spacious York Bay about midway between tlie east and west points. Staten Island, which was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch expedition of Le Maire and Schouten, was never occupied by any European power, and is, in fact, â uninhabitable. At least, . no permanent settlements could be advantageously formed in such an inhospitable region. At presents it depends politically on the Argentine Government of Tierra del Fuego. RiojA, San Luis, and Cordoba Uplands, Other mountain masses, at present separated from the Andes, but which probably at one time formed part of the system, are found scattered in isolated Fig-. 148.âSiEREA DE San Luis. Scale 1 : 1,000,000. â '^*^<. '..â ^^^ We,l oF 66' 18 Miles. grouj)s over the boundless plains of Argentina. A first group, the Sierra de los Llanos, rises above the saline and arid low-lying tracts midway between the Rioja and San Luis. This much-weathered sierra presents no distinct peaks rising boldly above its long rounded crests of crystalline and metamorphic formations, which scarcely anywhere rise much above 3,000 feet. Farther north the Sierra Brava, which falls even below 3,000 feet, presents an analogous aspect, and doubtless belongs to the same orographic systemâa mere islet, like the Sierra de los Llanos, in the ancient inland sea. The Central system, which extends for a distance of over 300 miles, parallel with the great Cordillera, consists of several distinct chains, all disposed in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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