Ref NoGSL/OB/47
TitleModel of Mount Vesuvius
Date[after 1838]
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatObject
DescriptionPainted plaster geographical and topographical relief map of Mount Vesuvius, 'Plan geologique et topographique du Mont Vesuve ca 1:50,000, 1838' copied from the map by Armand Dufrénoy, published in "Mémoire sur les terrains volcaniques des environs de Naples", ‘Annales des Mines’, 3rd series, vol 11 (1837), pp369-434, plate IX.
Administrative HistoryThe origins of the map are unknown, but it does appear (along with a model of Mount Etna) on the list of specimens retained by the Society in 1911, when the rest of the Museum collections were given away. The Etna model is not extant in our collections.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
TermVolcanoes
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/750DUFRÉNOY; Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit- (1792-1857); geologist and mineralogist1792-1857
Places
CodePlaceName
NA52Mount Vesuvius
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