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The whirling snow mocked our efforts.

W. H. Overend, frontispiece from Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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The whirling snow mocked our efforts.

W. H. Overend, frontispiece from Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, February 9, 2013
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At La Mona.

W. S. Stacey, from Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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At La Mona.

W. S. Stacey, from Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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Saturday, February 9, 2013
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A collector.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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A collector.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Carried on the litter into Ambato.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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Carried on the litter into Ambato.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Cotopaxi in eruption in 1743.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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Cotopaxi in eruption in 1743.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Part of the exterior of the crater of Cotopaxi.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by  Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

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Part of the exterior of the crater of Cotopaxi.

From Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator, by Edward Whymper, New York, 1892.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Front cover from Winter pictures, collective work, London, not dated (c. 1875?).

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Front cover from Winter pictures, collective work, London, not dated (c. 1875?).

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Thursday, December 6, 2012
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And up among the loose disjointed cliffs,
And fractured mountains wild, the brawling brook 
And cave, presageful, send a hollow moan.

Edward Whymper, from Winter pictures, collective work, London, not dated (c. 1875?).

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And up among the loose disjointed cliffs,
And fractured mountains wild, the brawling brook
And cave, presageful, send a hollow moan.

Edward Whymper, from Winter pictures, collective work, London, not dated (c. 1875?).

(Source: archive.org)

Thursday, December 6, 2012