“...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep or moderately deep water .... That these littoral mollusks indicate by their presence on both sides of the Atlantic, some ancient continuity or contiguity of coast-line is what I firmly believe.” BelieveFactsSidesWaterLinesCommonOceanSpeciesAncientFishesRemarkableExplorationShellsCoastBoth SidesContinuityDeep WaterOcean ExplorationGreenlandMollusks Book:The Natural History of the European Seas... Source: The Natural History of the European Seas...
“Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should know something of the population of their saline empire, especially of those parts of it immediately in contact with their terrestrial domain, and the coasts of the Continent to which our United Kingdom appertains.” KnowsShouldUnitedBecomingOceanWavePopulationKingdomsContactOccasionsEmpiresExplorationContinentsCoastBoastDomainFittingAptitudeUnited KingdomBritonsOcean Exploration Book:The Natural History of the European Seas... Source: The Natural History of the European Seas...