Tab. Xciii. On geography. B) the burning vesuvius at night. In the foreground are fishermen with nets and fishing rods. In the distance is a part of naples, at the foot of the mountains. Ships in the harbor, one of which is arriving. Vesuvius, surrounded by smaller mountains, throws out smoke, flames and stones and pours the lava down the mountain, which appears to be glowing at the top when it flows out, but colder further down. (description according to source). Date: 1774.
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