The wonders of the world : $b a complete museum, descriptive and pictorial, of the wonderful phenomena and results of nature, science and artAbbott, John Loraine
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The wonders of the world : $b a complete museum, descriptive and pictorial, of the wonderful phenomena and results of nature, science and art
Abbott, John Loraine
Curiosities and wonders
MOUNTAINS.
The Andes 9
Chimborazo 12
Cotopaxi 13
Pichincha 14
Mount Etna 15
Mount Vesuvius 21
Mount Hecla 28
The Geysers 32
The Sulphur Mountain (Iceland) 36
Mont Blanc 37
The Glaciers, or Ice Masses 51
The =Mer de Glace= 51
View from the Buet 55
Montserrat 57
The Peak of Teneriffe 59
The Souffriere Mountain, (St. Vincent, W. I.) 69
Peter Botte’s Mountain, (Mauritius) 73
Kilauea, (Sandwich Islands) 74
The Peak of Derbyshire 82
Mountains of Great Britain 97
Stromboli 101
Lipari 103
Vulcano 104
The Himalaya Mountains 105
Asiatic Volcanoes 115
Islands which have risen from the Sea 119
SUBTERRANEAN WONDERS.
The Grotta del Cane 131
The Grotto of Antiparos 136
Caverns in Hungary and Germany, containing Fossil Bones 139
The Mammoth Cave 141
The Great Cavern of Guacharo 157
Fingal’s Cave, or Grand Staffa Cavern 161
Other Grottos and Caverns 164
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