Geology
Hamilton walking through Monte Somma crater from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei :observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Various diamonds including the Great Mogul from Tavernier's Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier
Volcanic rock samples and jeweled pin from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei :observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Hamilton sharing observations with colleagues in Naples from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Hamilton observing Somma Vesuvius in full eruption from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Somma-Vesuvius in full eruption at night from Hamilton's Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei
Hamilton surveying a site on Somma-Vesuvius from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Somma-Vesuvius in winter, with horse-drawn carriage, from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
Terre de diémen et nouvelle-holland from Péron's Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes
This image showing gouache work by Pietro Fabris appears in James Webster’s Natural Histories essay discussing William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies. Webster, a curator in the Earth and Planetary Science Department in the Division of Physical Sciences at the AMNH, writes that this colorful image depicts Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803) walking through the volcanic spires of a Monte Somma crater.
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