Digital Collections | AMNH - Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, seen from Naples, 1776, from Hamilton's Campi phlegraei

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Campi Phlegraei : observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies by Sir William Hamilton, 1776

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Interior view of Mount Vesuvius, Seen from Naples, Campi Phlegraei, Plate 10

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Frontispiece depicting several Vesuvius eruptions from Hamilton's 1779 Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei

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Hamilton observing Somma Vesuvius in full eruption from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton sharing observations with colleagues in Naples from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Volcanic rock samples and jeweled pin from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei :observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton walking through Monte Somma crater from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Somma-Vesuvius in full eruption at night from Hamilton's Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei

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Hamilton surveying a site on Mount Vesuvius from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton surveying a site on Somma-Vesuvius from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Somma-Vesuvius in winter, with horse-drawn carriage, from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Title page, The Conchologist's Text-Book by Captain Thomas Brown, published 1833, inscribed with John C. Jay, January, 1834

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Penguin. Herbert, Thomas, Sir. From Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Africa the great. London, 1638. Page 13.

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The Mockingbird by Mark Catesby, Plate 27, 1771

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Bison, A Continuation of a new discovery of a vast country in America

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Redstart, The birds of Great Britain with their eggs accurately figured, Volume 3, plate CIII

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Birds, painting by Guy Coheleach from book authored by Dean Amadon

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Codex Florentino: Market Place & Aztec Merchants, from Historia de las Cosas de Nueva Espana

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Birds, painting by Albert Earl Gilbert from book authored by Dean Amadon

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Cossack costume. Pallas, Peter Simon. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. St. Petersburg, 1771-1776. Plate 10..

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