Volcano Collection

Cross Section of the Volcano, Mount Etna
Cross-section of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily, Italy, in 1910. This image shows the eruption of lava, which was taking place that year, heading towards the town of Nicolosi

Mauna Loa Volcano - Hawaiian Islands, USA Date: circa 1930s

Naples, Italy - View toward the city and Mount Vesuvius Date: 1904

Volcanic eruption of Lassen Peak, California
On 22nd May 1915, Lassen Peak in California, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, erupted explosively - dramatically depicted in this postcard, taken from the town of Red Bluff

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

The Geography of Iceland
The peaks of mountains and volcanoes in Iceland depicted in this fascinating postcard. Featured is the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano (just to the left of the erupting Hekla Volcano - centre left)

Death of Elder Pliny
GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS In his eagerness to observe the eruption of Vesuvius, he approaches dangerously near and is killed by falling rocks, a martyr to science

Palace of the Emperor Tiberius, Capri, Italy
View of the Palace, the Villa Jovis, on the isle of Capri, where the Roman Emperor Tiberius spent the last years of his life (reconstruction). Date: 27-37

Dr Johnson / Thrale B fast
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON At Hester Thrales breakfast table, in around 1770

Krakatoa Ship Beached
The steamer Berouw is carried by a tidal wave into the jungle at Telokh-Betang, Sumatra

Napoli and the Bay of Naples - View toward Mount Vesuvius and Villa (Palazzo) Donna anna (left) Date: circa 1903

CONGO, Democratic Republic of the. Goma. Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008). Kivu Conflict. Nyiragongo volcano, that erupted the last time on 17th January 2008 destroying the city of Goma

Street View - Pompeii
A view across Pompeii. Date: 1910

Stromboli Volcano erupting - Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Kilauea Volcano, National Park, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Strato volcanic eruption
A strato volcano has a steep volcanic cone built up by dense lava flows and pyroclastic debris. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Argentina - Tronador
Tronador viewed from the chapel at Llao Llao - Tronador is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes at the border between Argentina and Chile near the city of Bariloche

Volcano Seen 1700
Volcano in the Bismarck Archipelago, off New Guinea, seen by English navigator William Dampier and his crew

Fujiyama (Liebig)
The most painted and photographed volcano in the world - Mount Fuji

Sitting on Volcano
The Allied leaders are so busy looking elsewhere for danger, they don t realise that they are sitting on a volcano (reference to the Versailles peace negotiations)

Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883
Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday

Cartoon, The Hero and The Saint (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
Cartoon, The Hero and The Saint -- Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary, fights against the unhealthy influence of religious superstition

View of Pompeii at the moment of the eruption of Vesuvius
View of Pompeii at the moment of the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D.79 showing residents fleeing in the streets near the large theatre, small theatre, Quadriportico dei Teatri, etc

The Crater of Kilauea - an active shield volcano on Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. 1902

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, USA

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Victorian period

Etna, Sicily after volcano eruption, Italy

Etna destroyed by volcano eruption, probably early 1900s

Canary Islands - Tenerife - View toward Mount Teide Volcano from the garden of Hotel Taoro. Date: circa 1930s

Canary Islands - Mount Teide Volcano, Tenerife. Date: circa 1920s

Thomas Cook Vesuvius Postcard pictures & map
Cook had the Funicular built for their growing tours. Travellers rushed to the kiosk at the top to buy and then post right there a postcard

The imposing massif of Les Monts-Dores, in the Auvergne region of central France - hopefully now extinct. Date: circa 1870

KRAKATOA/CORPSES 1883
The day after the eruption, a sailing vessel makes its way through a sea of floating corpses Date: 26-8 August 1883

Roman Scientist and Scholar Plinius Secundus Dying
Gaius Plinius Secundus Roman scientist and scholar; dies while observing an eruption of Vesuvius Date: 1855

19th century vintage photograph: View of Sorrento, with some coming from the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the background

Vintage 19th century photograph - Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, sitting on the shores of Lake Lucerne

c. 1880s Italy - Naples Napoli towards Mount Vesuvius
c.1880s Italy - Naples Napoli towards Mount Vesuvius

1895 eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius
19th century vintage photograph - 1895 eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy

c. 1880s Italy Naples city, Mediterranean and Mount Vesuvius
c.1880s Italy Naples city, Mediterranean and Mount Vesuvius

Catani Italy with a view of the volcano Mount Etna
Vintage 19th century photograph: Catani Italy with a view of the volcano Mount Etna

Hot springs, Whakarewarewa, New Zealand
19th century vintage photograph - view of Whakarewarewa c.1880 s. This is now is a sprawling area home to the Te Puia geothermal preserve, with its Maori cultural centre, bubbling mud pots

Hydraulic mining, Lydenberg Gold Fields, South Africa
19th century vintage photograph: Hydraulic mining, water hose, Lydenberg Gold Fields, South Africa

Naples and Mount Vesuvius, volcano, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph - view of Naples and Mount Vesuvius, volcano, Italy

Volcano lava field on Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: volcano lava field on Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy, c.1880 s

Athens, Greece, taken from the Acropolis
Vintage 19th century photograph - city of Athens, Greece, taken from the Acropolis

View of Naples and volcano Vesuvius
19th century vintage photograph: View of Naples and volcano Vesuvius

Funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius, volcano in Italy
19th century vintage photograph: Funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius, volcano in Italy

Hotel Royal Naples, Napoli, view towards Mount Vesuvius
Hotel royal Naples, Napoli with the view towards the volcano mount Vesuvius. Vintage 19th century photograph

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