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HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AMERICA

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 13, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 2.

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HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AMERICA.

THE highest mountain in the western hemisphere is Aconcagua, which rises 22,415 feet above the sea, and is in plain view from both Valparaiso and Santiago when the weather is clear. Chimborazo was until recently supposed to be the king of the Andes, and in geographies published thirty years ago was described as the highest mountain in the world. No one has ever reached the summit of either monster, but by triangulation Aconcagua has been determined to have an advantage in stature of 2,000 feet over old "Chimbo."—Harper's Magazine.