View of the isle of Staffa from the northwest, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, and the entrance to Fingal's Cave. Small island of volcanic basalt columns, inhabited by two households in 1797. Vue de l'ile de Staffa du cote et de l'entree de la grotte de Fingal. Copperplate engraving by Giuseppe Dall'Acqua after Durand from Scipion Breislak’s Traite sur la Structure Exterieure du Globe, Treatise on the Exterior Structure of the Globe, Jean-Pierre Giegler, Milan, 1822.

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