Vesuvius erupting on the night of 20th October 1767, seen from Naples harbour. Artwork by Peter Fabris from 'Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei: being

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Vesuvius erupting on the night of 20th October 1767, seen from Naples harbour. Artwork by Peter Fabris from 'Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei: being an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in August 1779' by Sir William Hamilton (1779).

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