Wonders of Creation: A Descriptive Account of Volcanoes and Their Phenomena

CHAPTER VI.

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Peak of Teneriffe--Its Crater--Eruption of Chahorra--Palma--Great Caldera--Lancerote--Great Eruption--Sudden Death--Fuego, Cape de Verde Islands--Cotopaxi--Its Appearance--Great Eruptive Force--Tunguragua--Great Eruption of Mud and Water--Fish thrown out--Quito--Its Overthrow--Pichinca--Humboldt's Ascent--Narrow Escape--Antisana--Sangay--Rancagua--Chillan--Masaya