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“America, so far as her physical history is concerned, has been falsely denominated the New World. Hers was the first dry land lifted out of the waters, hers the first shore washed by the ocean that enveloped all the earth beside; and while Europe was represented only by islands rising here and there above the sea, America already stretched an unbroken line of land from Nova Scotia to the Far West.”

Quote by Louis Agassiz

Book:Geological Sketches

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Geological Sketches

This book is a compilation of detailed sketches and descriptions of various geological features and natural landscapes, offering insights into the Earth's physical structure and the processes that shape its surface. more

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Louis Agassiz, born on May 28, 1807 in Switzerland and died on December 14, 1873 in the United States, was a renowned geologist in the 19th century. He made significant contributions to the fields of paleontology and geology. more

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