<anchor xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="verweisziel" xml:id="start_nzx_w3s_2x" />(<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high"><choice> <abbr>n.</abbr> <expan>numéro</expan> </choice></supplied> 5)<anchor xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="verweisziel" xml:id="stop_nzx_w3s_2x" /> La plaine des <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011144 https://www.geonames.org/3557378">Guines</placeName> est couverte d’une <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d9b7ac1a-fb2f-4441-b7ac-1afb2ff44117" corresp="#ffb7b2d7-0113-468a-b7b2-d70113b68a55" type="editorialNote">formation calcaire poreuse</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ffb7b2d7-0113-468a-b7b2-d70113b68a55" corresp="#d9b7ac1a-fb2f-4441-b7ac-1afb2ff44117" type="editorial">„Toute cette formation, que je désignerai sous le nom de Calcaire des <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011144 https://www.geonames.org/3557378">Guines</placeName>, pour la distinguer d'une autre beaucoup plus récente, forme, près de la <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009519 https://www.geonames.org/3534915">Trinidad</placeName>, dans les <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011481 https://www.geonames.org/3539357">Lomas de S. Juan</placeName>, des pics escarpés […] Elle renferme aussi de grandes cavernes, près de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008756 https://www.geonames.org/3547398">Matanzas</placeName> et de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006564 https://www.geonames.org/3556351">Jaruco</placeName>. Je n'ai pas appris qu'on y ait jamais trouvé des ossemens fossiles.“ <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/HWI3EAX7">Humboldt 1826</bibl>, I, 55</note> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> (<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>com̅e</abbr> <expan>comme</expan> </choice> celle de Franconie) blanc-<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>jaunatre</orig> <reg>jaunâtre</reg> </choice><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> pleine de <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>petrifactions</sic> <corr>pétrifications</corr> </choice> de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Pectinites, Cardium. Elle est souvent <unclear xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" reason="illegible" cert="low">claire</unclear> et ressemble à celle du <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Jura. <note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="right"> La pierre calcaire du Jura a de <lb />fameuses Cavernes à <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008756 https://www.geonames.org/3547398">Matanzas</placeName> et <lb /> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006564 https://www.geonames.org/3556351">Jaruco</placeName>. Je n’y ai jamais entendu parler <lb />d’ossemens fossiles. Personne n’y observe. <add place="left"><metamark />Cette <choice> <abbr>format.</abbr> <expan>formation</expan> </choice> calcaire se retrouve en <lb /><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009177 https://www.geonames.org/6254928">Virginie</placeName><supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <choice> <abbr>V.</abbr> <expan>Voyez</expan> </choice> <ref xml:id="aee57230-6dc9-43c3-a572-306dc943c345" corresp="#b90b265c-e372-447b-8b26-5ce372447bbd" type="editorialNote"> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009136 https://www.geonames.org/6252001"><choice> <sic>Etats unis</sic> <corr cert="high">États-Unis</corr> </choice></placeName> MSS.</ref><note xml:id="b90b265c-e372-447b-8b26-5ce372447bbd" corresp="#aee57230-6dc9-43c3-a572-306dc943c345" type="editorial">In den Tagebüchern Humboldts ist nur die Überfahrt von <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000494 https://www.geonames.org/3562981">Kuba</placeName> nach <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008246 https://www.geonames.org/4560349">Philadelphia</placeName> überliefert, und hier findet sich kein Hinweis auf diese Formation in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009177 https://www.geonames.org/6254928">Virginia</placeName>. Zum Aufenthalt in den <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009136 https://www.geonames.org/6252001">USA</placeName> (20. Mai–30.Juni 1804) sind keine Tagebuchaufzeichnungen erhalten. Vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/AIXQ2B3X">Humboldt 2003a</bibl>, 297–307. </note> </add> </note> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>A</orig> <reg>À</reg> </choice> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010091 https://www.geonames.org/3536729"><choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Yago de Cube</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> il y a du <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Granite</hi>, du Schiste primitif<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />L’Isle est la plus <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>elevé</sic> <corr>élevée</corr> </choice> dans les <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>Montagne</sic> <corr>Montagnes</corr> </choice> del <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005616 https://www.geonames.org/3561408">Cobre</placeName> et de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009602 https://www.geonames.org/3534812">Turquin</placeName> (= aux <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f7c00874-3ff5-4dd4-8008-743ff50dd41f" corresp="#fecb146a-74e8-43e8-8b14-6a74e863e839" type="editorialNote"> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005261 https://www.geonames.org/3490278">blue Mountains</placeName> </ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="fecb146a-74e8-43e8-8b14-6a74e863e839" corresp="#f7c00874-3ff5-4dd4-8008-743ff50dd41f" type="editorial"> <note xml:id="nifz_frn_tw">Gipfel auf <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006552 https://www.geonames.org/3489940">Jamaika</placeName>, einer der höchsten der Karibik</note> </note>) mais non mesurées<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> Depuis la Mer<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de la <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009519 https://www.geonames.org/3534915">Trinité</placeName> à l’est<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> toute l’Isle n’a que de petites Collines <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="50" unit="toise">50</measure>-<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="30" unit="toise">30 <choice> <abbr>t.</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> de haut. Elle ressemble à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005653 https://www.geonames.org/6269131">l’Angleterre</placeName>. <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002922/start_rlr_jf1_fy"><supplied cert="high">Voyez</supplied> <choice> <abbr>n.</abbr> <expan>numéro</expan> </choice> 11.</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="right">Les Couches de Gypse de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000494 https://www.geonames.org/3562981">l<lb break="no" />’Isle de Cube</placeName> contiennent du <lb />Soufre près <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009807 https://www.geonames.org/3540885"><choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Antonio de los <lb />Baños</placeName>. J’ai vu aussi les 2 for<lb break="no" />mations de grès<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> l’une calcaire <lb />très très <choice> <sic>neuves</sic> <corr>neuve</corr> </choice><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> l’autre argilleu<lb break="no" />se rouge avec des grains du <lb />Quarz. <supplied cert="high">Voyez</supplied> <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002922/start_itm_zf1_fy">n<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> 24. </ref> Le <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007282 https://www.geonames.org/3557633">Cerro <lb />de Guajabon</placeName> a <measure quantity="390" unit="toise">390 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toisen</expan> </choice> </measure>. <lb /> <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000079 http://viaf.org/viaf/87148656">Ferrer</persName><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <choice> <orig>Resultat</orig> <reg>Résultat</reg> </choice><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <choice> <abbr>p</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 9. <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011385 https://www.geonames.org/3550633">Les Tettas</placeName> <lb /> <measure quantity="100" unit="toise">100</measure>-<measure quantity="110" unit="toise">110 <choice> <abbr>t.</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice> </measure>? Donc les Cerros <lb /> <add place="sublinear">tournez</add> <pb n="128v" /> de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009602 https://www.geonames.org/3534812">Turquino (Pic)</placeName> <choice> <sic>peutetre</sic> <corr cert="high">peut-être</corr> </choice> <lb /> <measure quantity="800" unit="toise">800 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice> </measure>. </note>