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1. 010095.de.56(1)

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010095.de.56(1)
Title:
Culminating point of the peak of Teneriffe, 12,198 feet high, showing the interior of the terminal crater of the mountain. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Frontispiece. Stereographic view, showing figures posed among the rocks of the peak: 'Yet wait my friends, said I, one moment more; allow me only another photograph; for these sulphurous exhalations of the ground, have spoilt nearly all my plates today. So Don Mart...
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1856
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2. 010095.de.56(10)

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010095.de.56(10)
Title:
Specimen of the Malpays of black lava, near Alta Vista. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view of lava mounds, facing p. 125.
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3. 010095.de.56(11)

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010095.de.56(11)
Title:
Close view of Alta Vista observing station, from the east − altitude 10,702 feet. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 283, looking towards the low stone buildings of the observing station, with a telescope visible on the left behind the wall, and a large block of lava in the foreground. The station is described at pp. 284-285.
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4. 010095.de.56(12)

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010095.de.56(12)
Title:
Alta Vista Observatory, from the northern lava ridge. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 303, looking down onto the stone buildings of the observing station, with the telescope visible.
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5. 010095.de.56(13)

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010095.de.56(13)
Title:
Entrance to the ice cavern, in the Malpays of the peak of Teneriffe, at the height of 11,040 feet. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 321, looking towards the mouth of the cave, set among lava masses. See pp. 351 and 363.
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6. 010095.de.56(14)

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010095.de.56(14)
Title:
Euphorbia canariensis on the sea-coast of Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view a large euphorbia, facing p. 339, with two youths posed in the foreground.
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7. 010095.de.56(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(15)
Title:
Young dragon-trees and date palm in a cactus garden near Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 357, of plants in the garden, with buildings beyond. The garden is described at p. 413.
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8. 010095.de.56(16)

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010095.de.56(16)
Title:
Young dragon-trees (Dracœna draco) near Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
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Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 373, of dragon trees on the property of Charles Smith.
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9. 010095.de.56(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(17)
Title:
Dragon-tree walk at a palazzo near Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 391, looking along a path in the garden towards the house of Charles Smith, with a dragon tree on the left.
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1856
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10. 010095.de.56(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(18)
Title:
Cochineal gatherers at Orotava. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view facing p. 405, of labourers at work gathering cochineal insects from cactus plants, taken in the garden of Charles Smith. With a dragon tree in the background.
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Date Range:
1856
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