Simons, F. A. A. (1881). On the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta and Its Watershed (State of Magdalena, U. S. of Colombia). Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, 3(12), 705-723.

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INTRODUCCIÓN: Some two years ago this Society was kind enough to publish a map and a few casual notes sent by me from Santa Marta; since then I have made many more excursions into the interior of the Sierra Nevada, and have paid particular attention to the water system. Now, after a sojourn of three and a half years in the district, I feel more competent to give a detailed description of this wonderful snow-capped mountain. An introductory sketch, however, of the topography of the State of the Magdalena will greatly help to clear up the uncertainty that hangs over this almost unknown country……