Plate XII: View of an eruption of mount Vesuvius

Plate XII: View of an eruption of mount Vesuvius which began on the 23rd of December 1760, and ended the 5th of January 1761; after a drawing taken on the spot by M. Fabris, when that eruption was in its full force. by Pietro Fabris (fl 1740-1792). The source of this plate, Campi Phlegraei, is a first hand account of the eruptions witnessed by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), British envoy to Naples between 1764-1767. Originally published in three volumes (1776-1779), the title took its name from the area around Naples popularly referred to as Campi Phlegraei or flaming fields, owing to the frequent and violent eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Hand coloured etching

1730-1803 1740-1792 1760 1761 1764-1767 1776-1779 1799 Account Campi Dynamic Ended Envoy Eruption Eruptions Fabris Flaming Frequent Geological Lava Magma Owing Phlegraei Popularly Referred Source Vesuvius Violent Volcanic Volcano Volcanology Volumes Vulcanology Witnessed

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