Excerpt from Glances at Ports and Harbors Around South America Nature has been kinder to the mariner in providing a vast number of sheltered bays, inlets, and-rivers along the eastern coast of the Continent than is the case on the Pacific side. From the Straits of Magellan to Panama on the Pacific there is nothing to compare with the natural facilities of the opposite coast line. Thus, the stormier ocean possesses the larger number of havens for those who sail the seas. Comparing South America's northern shore line with the narrow southern extremity we also note marked contrasts. In the north there are bays and rivers offering the mariner ample protection, and at a few ports the waters are usually so tranquil that it is proverbially said that ships may be anchored by hairs. More than four thousand miles southward the Humboldt current sweeps up from Antarctic wastes and with its winds and waves dashes against the -foot sentinel, Cape Horn, with constant and well-known fury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.