Author: Daubeny, C.
Title: Narrative of an Excursion to the Lake Amsanctus and to Mount Vultur in Apulia in 1834
Description: Ashmolean Society 1835 50, 3 plates, 1 map. . PB. 8vo, stitched booklet, orig. printed wrappers. Fine copy with gatherings still unopened. Vg.. Scarce. Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867) was professor of Chemistry and of Botany at University of Oxford. He made a number of field trips to European volcanic regions between 1819 and 1825. In this paper Daubeny describes a winter trip to the Apulia (Puglia) region in the south-east of Italy, which was rarely described by travel writers, and details a visit to Lake Amsanctus, mentioned by Virgil, and the extinct volcano Mount Vultur. This is a scientific work but also includes his observations on classical remains and rural life in southern Italy..
Keywords: Geology; North America; America
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Title: Narrative of an Excursion to the Lake Amsanctus and to Mount Vultur in Apulia in 1834
Description: Ashmolean Society 1835 50, 3 plates, 1 map. . PB. 8vo, stitched booklet, orig. printed wrappers. Fine copy with gatherings still unopened. Vg.. Scarce. Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867) was professor of Chemistry and of Botany at University of Oxford. He made a number of field trips to European volcanic regions between 1819 and 1825. In this paper Daubeny describes a winter trip to the Apulia (Puglia) region in the south-east of Italy, which was rarely described by travel writers, and details a visit to Lake Amsanctus, mentioned by Virgil, and the extinct volcano Mount Vultur. This is a scientific work but also includes his observations on classical remains and rural life in southern Italy..
Keywords: Geology; North America; America
Price: GBP 80.00 = appr. US$ 114.24 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A45021
- Book number: A45021
See more books from our catalog: Geology & Palaeontology,Geology & Palaeontology