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| Keywords: Map around Vesuvius 1770 plate6 from William Hamilton.jpg en Map of region surrounding Vesuvius described by William Hamilton as Plate VI in a letter from Naples dated Oct 16 1770 The letter was collected together in May 30 1772 by T Cadell in a single volume with the map described on pages 91 to 167 and the following references to the map listed on pages 168 to 173 <poem> 1 Naples 2 Portici 3 Resina under which Herculaneum is buried 4 Torre del Greco 5 Hermitage at which travellers usually rest in their way up Mount Vesuvius 6 St Angelo a convent of Calmaldolese situated upon a cone of a mountain formed by an ancient explosion 7 Cones formed by the eruption of 1760 and lava that ran from them almost into the sea 8 Mount Vesuvius and Somma 9 Village of Somma 10 The convent of the Madona del Arco under which lavas have been found at 300 feet depth and which must have proceeded from the mountain of Somma when an active Volcano 11 Ottaiano 12 Torre del Annunziata 13 Castel a Mare near which the ancient town of Stabia is buried and where Pliny the elder lost his life 14 Vico 15 Sorrento and the plain formed evidently by subterraneous fire 16 Massa 17 Island of Caprea 18 The Grotto of Pausilipo cut through the mountain anciently to make a road from Naples to Puzzole 19 Point of Pausilipo 20 The Gaiola where there are ruins of ancient buildings supposed to have belonged to Lucullus 21 The island of Nisida evidently formed by explosion 22 The Lazaret 23 The Bagnoli 24 Puzzole or Pozzuolo 25 The Solfaterra anciently called Forum Vulcani between the Solfaterra and the lake of Agnano are the boiling waters of the Pisciarelli 26 The New Mountain formed by explosion in the year 1538; the sand of the sea shore at its basis burning hot 27 The lake of Agnano supposed the crater of an ancient Volcano here are the baths called St Germano and the famous Grotto del Cane 28 Astruni which has been evidently a Volcano and is now a Royal Chace the crater being surrounded with a wall 29 The Monte Gauro or Barbaro anciently a Volcano 30 The lake of Avernus evidently the crater of an ancient Volcano 31 Lake of Fusaro 32 Point of Misenum from whence Pliny the elder discovered the eruption of Vesuvius that proved fatal to him; near this place in a vault of an ancient building is a constant vapour or mofete of the same quality with that of the Grotto del Cane 33 The Mare Morto the ancient Roman Harbour 34 Baïa; behind the castle are two evident craters of ancient Volcanos 35 Island of Procita 36 A perfect cone and crater of a Volcano near Castiglione in the island of Ischia 37 Lava that ran into the sea in the last eruption on this island in the year 1301 or 1302 the place now called Le Cremate 38 Town of Ischia and castle 39 Lake of Licola 40 Lake of Patria 41 The river Volturnus 42 Capua 43 Caserta 44 Aversa 45 Mataloni 46 Acerra 47 Island of Ischia anciently called Ænaria Inarime and Pithecusa 48 The mountain of St Nicola anciently called Mons Epomeus supposed the remains of the principal Volcano of the island 49 Castiglione near which are the baths of Gurgitelli 50 Lacco near which is that very cold vapour called by the natives ventarole 51 Ancient city of Pompeii where his Sicilian Majesty's excavations are carrying on at present 52 Rovigliano 53 River of Sarno 54 Cuma 55 Hot sands and sudatory called Nero's baths 56 The Lucrine lake supposed to have been here and of which there is still some little remain 57 Villa Angelica Sir William Hamilton's villa from whence he has made many of his observations upon Mount Vesuvius 58 Cones formed by an ancient eruption called viuli; here are likewise cold vapours called ventaroli 59 High grounds probably sections of cones of ancient Volcanos being all composed of tufa and strata of loose pumice and burnt matter 60 Plain of the Campagna Felice four or five feet of excellent soil under which are strata of burnt and erupted matter Marks the boundary of Sir William Hamilton's observations </poem> File plate6 jpg extracted from http //www gutenberg org/files/35433/35433-h zip linked by http //www gutenberg org/files/35433/ in turn linked by http //www gutenberg org/ebooks/35433; source of text 35433-h htm from the same zip file 1770 or before author PD-old-100 Campi Flegrei Ischia Italy in the 1770s Old maps of Capri Maps of Mount Vesuvius Old maps of Naples Old maps of Sorrento Old maps of the Gulf of Naples Maps showing 18th-century history Observations on Mount Vesuvius Mount Etna and Other Volcanos by William Hamilton Old maps of Campania Old maps of Procida Maps of the province of Naples Topographic shading ImageNote 1 1677 1310 200 147 3000 3201 2 Naples ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1918 1423 53 53 3000 3201 2 Portici ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1957 1448 33 46 3000 3201 2 Resina Ercolano ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1924 1486 42 33 3000 3201 2 Torre del Greco ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 2120 1411 46 75 3000 3201 2 8 Mount Vesuvius and Somma ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 2145 1327 42 46 3000 3201 2 9 Village of Somma ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 2157 1285 42 38 3000 3201 2 10 Santuario della Madonna dell'Arco 120px ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 2195 1502 58 58 3000 3201 2 Ottaviano ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 1982 2325 92 92 3000 3201 2 13 Castellammare di Stabia ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 955 1477 221 75 3000 3201 2 32 Point of Misenum Miseno ImageNoteEnd 10 | ||||
