A new Santorini Island—Nea Kameni 1707-8 eruption map & eyewitness account 1721
£280
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The New Island, or Black Island [in the Bay of Santorini]
A vivid Royal Society record of the 1707–8 Santorini eruption, accompanied by Father Goree’s eyewitness account of the island’s sudden emergence within the caldera. The plate shows Santorini not as picturesque scenery, but as geology in action: smoke and fire break from the new volcanic mass, while the surrounding islands and settlements anchor the event within the familiar harbour of Thera. Goree’s text adds considerable force, describing the sea-floor rising into firm land, the formation of “White” and “Black” islands, and earlier eruptions that had shaped the archipelago. The result is a fascinating early printed document of volcanic observation — part map, part natural history report, part wonder story — and especially resonant for collectors of Santorini, Aegean travel and the beginnings of geological science.
Size 22 x 31 cm | 8.5 x 12.0 inches
Date Published: 1721
Type: Antique uncoloured copper-engraved scientific / volcanic map
Author: van der Gucht, Michael
Publication: Philosophical Transactions
Condition: Good |
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