Category: History - Other
Position.--Name.--Mention of Etna by early writers.--Pindar.-- Æschylus.--Thucydides.--Virgil.--Strabo.--Lucretius.--Lucilius Junior.--Etna the home of early myths.--Cardinal Bembo.--Fazzello.-- Filoteo.--Early Maps of the Mountain.--Hamilton.--Houel.--Brydone.-- Ferrara.--Rec...
Their frequency within the historical period.--525 B.C.--477 B.C.-- 426 B.C.--396 B.C.--140 B.C.--134 B.C.--126 B.C.--122 B.C.--49 B.C. --43 B.C.--38 B.C.--32 B.C.--40 A.D.--72....
12. Chapter 12Elie de Beaumont's classification of rocks of Etna.--Hoffman's geological map.--Lyell's researches.--The period of earliest eruption.--The Val del Bove.--Two craters of eruption...
7. Chapter 7Position.--Name.--Mention of Etna by early writers.--Pindar.-- Æschylus.--Thucydides.--Virgil.--Strabo.--Lucretius.--Lucilius Junior.--Etna the home of early myths.--Cardinal Be...
9. Chapter 9The most suitable time for ascending Etna.--The ascent commenced.-- Nicolosi.--Etna mules.--Night journey through the upper Regions of the mountain.--Brilliancy of the Stars.--P...
8. Chapter 8Height.--Radius of Vision from the summit.--Boundaries.--Area.-- Population.--General aspect of Etna.--The Val del Bove.--Minor Cones.--Caverns.--Position and extent of the thre...
10. Chapter 10Paterno.--Ste. Maria di Licodia.--The site of the ancient town of Aetna.--Biancavilla.--Aderno.--Sicilian Inns.--Adranum.--Bronte.-- Randazzo.--Mascali.--Giarre.--Aci Reale.--It...
6. Chapter 6Elie de Beaumont's classification of the rocks of Etna.--Hoffman's geological map.--Lyell's researches.--The period of earliest eruption.--The Val del Bove.--Two craters of erup...
5. Chapter 5Their frequency within the historical period.--525 B.C.--477 B.C.-- 426 B.C.--396 B.C.--140 B.C.--134 B.C.--126 B.C.--122 B.C.-- 49 B.C.--43 B.C.--38 B.C.--32 B.C.--40 A.D.--72....
1. Chapter 1Position.--Name.--Mention of Etna by early writers.--Pindar.-- Æschylus.--Thucydides.--Virgil.--Strabo.--Lucretius.--Lucilius Junior.--Etna the home of early myths.--Cardinal Be...
3. Chapter 3The most suitable time for ascending Etna.--The Ascent commenced.-- Nicolosi.--Etna mules.--Night journey through the upper Regions of the mountain.--Brilliancy of the Stars.--P...
2. Chapter 2Height.--Radius of Vision from the summit.--Boundaries.--Area.-- Population.--General aspect of Etna.--The Val del Bove.--Minor Cones.--Caverns.--Position and extent of the thre...
4. Chapter 4Paterno.--Ste. Maria di Licodia.--The site of the ancient town of Aetna.--Biancavilla.--Aderno.--Sicilian Inns.--Adranum.--Bronte.-- Randazzo.--Mascali.--Giarre.--Aci Reale.--It...