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- WONDERS OF THE WORLD:
- COMPLETE MUSEUM, DESCRIPTIVE AND PICTORIAL,
- OF THE
- WONDERFUL PHENOMENA AND RESULTS
- OF
- NATURE, SCIENCE AND ART.
- BY
- JOHN LORAINE ABBOTT.
- ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY BILLINGS AND OTHERS.
- PREFACE.
- J. L. A.
- CONTENTS.
- PAGE.
- The Cordilleras, or Andes, near Quito 10
- Crater of Mount Etna 16
- Mount Vesuvius 22
- Mount Hecla and the Geysers 29
- Mont Blanc and the Glaciers 38
- The Peak of Teneriffe 59
- Peter Botte’s Mountain 74
- Bridge over the Wye 92
- Source of the Jumna 109
- St. Michael’s Volcano 122
- Sabrina Island 125
- Grotto of Antiparos 136
- The Mammoth Cave 141
- Diamond Washing in Brazil 171
- Discovery of Silver in Peru 179
- Silver Mine at Königsberg, Sweden 185
- Gold Washing in California 188
- Place where Gold was first discovered in Australia 190
- Copper Mine in Cornwall 207
- Thin Plates of Coal 213
- Great Salt Mine of Cracow 225
- Icebergs, or Ice-Islands 236
- The Maelstrom 250
- Niagara Falls 256
- Niagara Falls on the American side 259
- Suspension Bridge over Niagara River 265
- Falls of Montmorenci 270
- Catskill Falls 274
- Dropping Well at Knaresborough, England 283
- The Emigrant Family 293
- Specter of the Brocken 320
- Ship refracted in the Air 327
- Waterspout on the Ocean 346
- Temple of Isis at Pompeii 356
- Papyri 361
- Earthquake at Lisbon 394
- Natural Bridge in Virginia 428
- Skeleton of the Siberian Mammoth 456
- The Sphinx and Pyramids 492
- Entrance to one of the Pyramids of Gizeh 499
- Entrance to the Tombs of Sakkara 507
- Great Gallery of the Tombs of Sakkara 510
- Cleopatra’s Needle 521
- The Two Colossi 535
- The Nilometer 565
- African Birds-nest 568
- Tower near Babylon 573
- Colossal Winged Bull from Nineveh 584
- Jacob’s Well 591
- Church of the Holy Sepulcher 595
- Mount Tabor 597
- The Areopagus 608
- Temple of Jupiter Olympius 609
- Great Wall of China 615
- Porcelain Tower at Nankin 617
- Jupiter Pluvius, or the Apennine Jupiter 622
- The Leaning Tower at Pisa 624
- The Coliseum at Rome 629
- Ancient Roman Aqueduct 638
- The Arch of Titus 640
- St. Peter’s as seen from the Tiber 643
- The Eddystone Light-house 648
- Stonehenge 653
- The First Church in England 661
- Strasburg Cathedral 666
- The Crystal Palace in New York 697
- The Capitol at Washington 712
- The Smithsonian Institute 715
- The Washington Monument 716
- The Bunker-Hill Monument 720
- Vergnais’s Herculean Bridge 725
- The Britannia Tubular Bridge 728
- The High Bridge at Harlem 733
- The Boston Reservoir 735
- Aqueduct on the Peat Forest Canal 736
- Tunnel in Shakspeare’s Cliff 740
- The Colossus of Rhodes 742
- The Emperor Fountain 747
- The Air Balloon 750
- Early Navigation 756
- The Launch of a Packet-Ship 757
- Fulton’s First Steamboat 759
- An Ocean Steamer 762
- Chinese Junks 766
- The Banyan-Tree 769
- The Reindeer Sledge 772
- The Prairie on Fire 775
- The Date-Palm 779
- The Bamboo-Tree 782
- Continental Money 783
- The Signal Telegraph 785
- The Electro-Magnetic Telegraph 787
- Faust taking First Proof from movable types 789
- Franklin’s Printing-Press 790
- Hoe’s Eight-Cylinder Power Press 792
- The India-Rubber Tree 793
- The Old Round Tower at Newport 795
- Submarine or Diving Armor 796
- Manner of working the Diving-Armor 797
- Tree House in Caffraria 799
- The Camphor-Tree 801
- Tree Temple at Matibo in Piedmont 803
- Ant-Hills of the White Ant 805
- Huts in Kamtschatka 806
- Taking a Whale 807
- Landing of the Pilgrims 809
- Plymouth Rock 810
- Early Settlers of New England going to Church 811
- THE
- MOUNTAINS.
- THE ANDES.
- CHIMBORAZO.
- COTOPAXI.
- PICHINCHA.
- MOUNT ETNA.
- MOUNT VESUVIUS.
- MOUNT HECLA.
- THE GEYSERS.
- THE SULPHUR MOUNTAIN.
- MONT BLANC.
- HYMN BEFORE SUNRISE, IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNY.
- THE GLACIERS, OR ICE MASSES.
- THE MER DE GLACE.
- VIEW FROM THE BUET.
- MONTSERRAT.
- THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE.
- THE SOUFFRIERE MOUNTAIN.
- PETER BOTTE’S MOUNTAIN.
- KILAUEA.
- THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE.
- ELDEN HOLE.
- PEAK CAVERN.
- MAM TOR.
- THE EBBING AND FLOWING WELL.
- ST. ANNE’S WELL.
- THE CRYSTALLIZED CAVERN.
- SPEEDWELL LEVEL.
- THE HIGH TOR.
- CHEE TOR.
- THE CUMBERLAND CAVERN.
- REYNARD’S HOLE.
- THOR’S HOUSE.
- THE LOVERS’ LEAP.
- THE MOORS.
- OTHER ENGLISH CURIOSITIES.
- MOUNTAINS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
- BEN NEVIS.
- SNOWDON.
- CADER IDRIS.
- PENMAN-MAWR.
- SKIDDAW.
- WHARNSIDE.
- STROMBOLI.
- LIPARI.
- VULCANO.
- ASIATIC VOLCANOES.
- VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS OF KAMTSCHATKA.
- VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN OF ALBAY.
- ISLANDS WHICH HAVE RISEN FROM THE SEA.
- SUBTERRANEAN WONDERS.
- THE GROTTA DEL CANE.
- GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS.
- CAVERNS IN GERMANY AND HUNGARY,
- CONTAINING FOSSIL BONES.
- THE MAMMOTH CAVE.
- THE GREAT CAVERN OF GUACHARO.
- FINGAL’S CAVE,
- OR GRAND STAFFA CAVERN.
- OTHER GROTTOS AND CAVERNS.
- MINES, METALS, GEMS, &C.
- DIAMOND MINES.
- GOLD AND SILVER MINES.[4]
- QUICKSILVER MINES.
- IRON MINES.
- COPPER MINES.
- TIN MINES.
- LEAD MINES.
- COAL MINES.
- SALT MINES.
- SALT MINES OF CRACOW.
- SALT MINES AND SPRINGS OF CHESHIRE, ENGLAND.
- PHENOMENA OF THE OCEAN.
- SALTNESS OF THE SEA.
- CONGELATION OF SEA-WATER.
- ICE-ISLANDS.
- ICEBERGS.
- LUMINOUS POINTS IN THE SEA.
- TIDES AND CURRENTS.
- CATARACTS AND CASCADES
- FALLS OF NIAGARA.
- FALLS OF THE MONTMORENCI.
- THE TUCCOA FALL.
- FALLS OF THE MISSOURI.
- CATSKILL FALLS.
- TRENTON FALLS.
- WATERFALL OF SOUTH AFRICA.
- CATARACTS OF THE NILE.
- CATARACT OF THE MENDER.
- SPRINGS AND WELLS.
- ST. WINIFRED’S WELL.
- WIGAN WELL.
- DROPPING WELL AT KNARESBOROUGH.
- BROSELEY SPRING.
- HOT SPRINGS OF ST. MICHAEL.
- HOT SPRINGS OF THE TROAD.
- BITUMINOUS AND OTHER LAKES.
- PITCH LAKE OF TRINIDAD.
- MUD LAKE OF JAVA.
- SALT LAKE OF UTAH.
- ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENA.
- METEORS.
- AEROLITES.
- AURORA BOREALIS AND AURORA AUSTRALIS.
- LUMEN BOREALE, OR STREAMING LIGHTS.
- LUMINOUS ARCHES.
- IGNES FATUI, OR MOCK FIRES.
- SPECTER OF THE BROCKEN.
- THE MIRAGE.
- FATA MORGANA.
- ATMOSPHERICAL REFRACTION.
- PARHELIA, OR MOCK SUNS.
- LUNAR RAINBOW.
- CONCENTRIC RAINBOWS.
- THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
- REMARKABLE THUNDER-STORMS.
- HAIL-STORMS.
- HURRICANES.
- THE MONSOONS.
- WHIRLWINDS AND WATERSPOUTS.
- SOUNDS AND ECHOES.
- BURIED CITIES.
- THE YANAR, OR PERPETUAL FIRE.
- POMPEII.
- THE MUSEUM AT NAPLES.
- HERCULANEUM.
- POMPEII.
- THE MUSEUM.
- HERCULANEUM.
- EARTHQUAKES.
- EARTHQUAKES OF ANCIENT TIMES.
- EARTHQUAKE IN CALABRIA.
- THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1755.
- EARTHQUAKES IN SICILY, AND IN THE TWO CALABRIAS.
- EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA.
- CONNECTION OF EARTHQUAKES WITH VOLCANOES.
- ISLAND OF JAVA.
- BASALTIC AND ROCKY WONDERS.
- THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY.
- BASALTIC COLUMNS.
- NATURAL BRIDGES.
- NATURAL BRIDGES OF ICONONZO.
- NATURAL BRIDGE IN VIRGINIA.
- PRECIPICES AND PROMONTORIES.
- BESSELY GHAUT.
- THE CAPE OF THE WINDS.
- THE NORTH CAPE.
- PRECIPICES OF SAN ANTONIA.
- GEOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE EARTH.
- EXTRANEOUS FOSSILS.
- FOSSIL CROCODILES.
- LARGE FOSSIL ANIMAL OF MAESTRICHT.
- FOSSIL REMAINS OF RUMINANTIA.
- FOSSIL REMAINS OF ELEPHANTS.
- FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE MASTODON.
- FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE RHINOCEROS.
- FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH.
- FOSSIL SHELLS.
- SUBTERRANEAN FORESTS.
- MOORS, MOSSES AND BOGS.
- CORAL REEFS AND ISLANDS.
- WIDE AND INHOSPITABLE DESERTS.
- ASIATIC DESERTS.
- ARABIAN DESERTS.
- AFRICAN DESERTS.
- PILGRIMAGE ACROSS THE DESERTS.
- SANDS OF THE DESERT.
- WONDERS OF ART.
- THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.
- THE TOMBS AT SAKKARA.
- THE SPHINX.
- RUINS AND PYRAMIDS OF MEROË.
- PYRAMIDS AND RUINS OF MERAWE.
- EGYPTIAN TEMPLES AND MONUMENTS.
- POMPEY’S PILLAR AND CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.
- THE CATACOMBS OF ALEXANDRIA.
- BATHING IN THE EAST.
- EGYPTIAN TEMPLES, MONUMENTS, &C.
- THE RUINS OF THEBES.
- LUXOR AND ITS TEMPLE.
- KARNAK AND ITS RUINS.
- THEBES, AS SEEN IN HISTORY.
- OTHER RUINS IN EGYPT, &C.
- THE TEMPLE OF DENDERA.
- THE TEMPLES OF HERMONTIS AND OF ESNEH.
- ABYDOS, AND THE TEMPLE OF MEMNON.
- THE TEMPLES OF ABOU SIMBEL.
- THE RIVER NILE.
- THE BARRAGE, OR GREAT DAM OF THE NILE.
- THE AFRICAN BIRDS’ NEST.
- RUINS OF PALMYRA.
- RUINS OF BALBEC.
- RUINS OF BABYLON.
- BABYLONIAN BRICKS.
- LATER DISCOVERIES AT BABYLON.
- RUINS OF NINEVEH.
- THE RUINS OF PERSEPOLIS.
- ROYAL PALACE OF ISPAHAN.
- THE TEMPLE OF MECCA.
- THE HOLY LAND.
- JACOB’S WELL.
- BETHLEHEM.
- NAZARETH.
- THE HOLY SEPULCHER AT JERUSALEM.
- MOUNT TABOR.
- THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
- OTHER REVERED SITES.
- MOUNT CARMEL.
- MOUNT ARARAT.
- WONDERS OF ART RESUMED.
- THE MOSQUE OF OMAR.
- MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
- RUINS OF CARTHAGE.
- THE PLAIN OF TROY.
- ATHENS.
- TEMPLES OF ELEPHANTA.
- TEMPLES OF SALSETTE.
- MAUSOLEUM OF HYDER ALI.
- THE TAJE MAHAL.
- GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
- PORCELAIN TOWER AT NANKIN.
- THE SHOEMADOO AT PEGU.
- THE LEANING, OR HANGING TOWER OF PISA, IN TUSCANY.
- THE COLISEUM AT ROME.
- THE PANTHEON.
- ROMAN AMPHITHEATER AT NISMES.
- TRAJAN’S PILLAR.
- COLUMN OF ANTONINE.
- MAISON CARRE, AT NISMES.
- THE PONT DU GARD.
- ANCIENT AQUEDUCT NEAR ROME.
- THE ROMAN FORUM.
- THE ARCH OF SEVERUS.
- THE ARCH OF TITUS.
- THE CAPITOL.
- THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPITOL.
- ST. PETER’S OF ROME.
- THE SOIL OF ROME.
- EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE.
- BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE.
- STONEHENGE.
- ROCKING STONES.
- THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND.
- ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL.
- THE FIRST CHURCH IN ENGLAND.
- WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
- CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME.
- STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.
- CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE.
- CHURCH OF ST. MARK, AT VENICE.
- THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN.
- THE TOWER OF LONDON.
- THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
- THE MONUMENT.
- THE LOUVRE.
- THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
- MADAME TUSSEAU’S MUSEUM.
- THE PALACE OF BLENHEIM.
- THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES.
- THE PALACE OF ST. CLOUD.
- THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN NEW YORK.
- THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN LONDON.
- THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON.
- THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
- THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
- THE COLUMN OF VENDOME, PARIS.
- THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
- THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
- THE COOPER INSTITUTE.
- VERGNAIS’S IMPROVED BRIDGE.
- RAILROAD BRIDGE AT PORTAGE, NEW YORK.
- THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE.
- THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
- GREAT RAILWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT NIAGARA FALLS.
- OTHER IMMENSE BRIDGES.
- THE HIGH BRIDGE AT HARLEM.
- THE BOSTON RESERVOIR.
- AQUEDUCT AT THE PEAT FOREST CANAL.
- THE THAMES TUNNEL.
- RAILROAD TUNNELS.
- THE COLOSSUS AT RHODES.
- MISCELLANEOUS WONDERS.
- YOULE’S SHOT-TOWER.
- THE EMPEROR FOUNTAIN.
- THE UNITED STATES MINT IN PHILADELPHIA.
- THE AIR BALLOON.
- THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION.
- STEAM NAVIGATION.
- CHINESE JUNKS.
- THE ARTESIAN WELL OF GRENELLE.
- THE BANYAN-TREE.
- THE WEDDED BANYAN-TREE.
- THE COCOA-TREE.
- THE REINDEER SLEDGE.
- THE UPAS, OR POISON-TREE.
- THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.
- THE MAMMOTH TREE OF CALIFORNIA.
- OTHER MAMMOTH TREES.
- THE PALM-TREE.
- THE BAMBOO-TREE.
- THE MANNA-TREE.
- CONTINENTAL MONEY.
- THE MILK-TREE.
- THE TELEGRAPH.
- THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
- THE ART OF PRINTING.
- THE INDIA-RUBBER TREE.
- THE ROUND TOWER AT NEWPORT.
- DIVING ARMOR.
- TREE-HOUSE IN CAFFRARIA.
- THE RAINING-TREE.
- THE TRAVELER’S FRIEND.
- THE CAMPHOR-TREE.
- THE CINNAMON-PLANT.
- THE TREE TEMPLE.
- THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS.
- HUTS IN KAMTSCHATKA.
- THE WHALE.
- LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
- The place where the pilgrims landed is well known as the celebrated
- PLYMOUTH ROCK.
- A WONDER OF ART.
- THE WHALE-KILLER.
- A PILE OF SERPENTS.
- AMERICAN RUINS.
- INSECT SLAVERY.
- Transcriber’s Note