Description
This, besides the Dedicatory Inscription to the Royal Society, comprises six compartments, viz. 1. A View of a Volcano, on one of the Lipari Islands. 2. An Island call ed Castel a -mare, composed of columns of Basalt ; it is near Jacci, at the foot of Mount Ætna in Sicily, and was part of a great lava that ran from that Volcano into the sea, 3. The Island of Panarea, : one of the Lipari Islands. 4. Saline, and 5. Felicura, two more of those Islands. 6. View of Lipari , the largest and best peopled of these Islands, which is 18 miles in circumference . The number of inhabitants on the Lipari Islands is reckon ed to be about 16,000. The Liparotes are remarkably robust and well made, and are esteemed the best sailors in His Sicilian Majesty's dominions. This Island produces fine grapes, and figs, and a most excellent Malinsey wine is made here.
Inscription
Upper left: "[Plate] 1"
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Courtesy of a private collector
Location
Lipari, Italy
Country
Italy
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Category
Landscapes & Seascapes