New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 4Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... Catania , situated at thirty miles from the summit of the volcano , was never considered as an ordinary enterprize . While I remained at Catania , previous to my climbing Mount Etna , my head filled with alarming descriptions , I ...
... Catania , situated at thirty miles from the summit of the volcano , was never considered as an ordinary enterprize . While I remained at Catania , previous to my climbing Mount Etna , my head filled with alarming descriptions , I ...
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... Catania . That house is the dwelling of the intendant , at present the Prince of San Martino . He alone holds in his hands all the pleasures of Catania . Unfortunately , he is very sparing of them ; and the key once in his pocket it is ...
... Catania . That house is the dwelling of the intendant , at present the Prince of San Martino . He alone holds in his hands all the pleasures of Catania . Unfortunately , he is very sparing of them ; and the key once in his pocket it is ...
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... Catania alone . Wafted by a favouring gale , the light skiff which bore me towards the country of Theocritus , of Moschus , and of Ar- chimedes , had soon passed the abrupt promontory which Ætna forms at Catania . The sun arose from his ...
... Catania alone . Wafted by a favouring gale , the light skiff which bore me towards the country of Theocritus , of Moschus , and of Ar- chimedes , had soon passed the abrupt promontory which Ætna forms at Catania . The sun arose from his ...
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Travels in Sicily and to Mount Etna in 1819 By M GOURBILLON | 1 |
Travels in Montenegro containing a Topographical Picturesque | |
Travels in Epirus Albania Macedonia and Thessaly By F C H L | |
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