View of the New Geyser on Iceland, 1811
View of the New Geyser on Iceland, 1811. Scottish scientists near columns of water and steam erupting from the ground. Copied from an illustration by Scottish geologist Sir George Steuart Mackenzie in his Travels in the Island of Iceland, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830
Picture No
14009173
Media ID
45829162
Size
4647px x 7250px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
George Steuart Mackenzie
