Air volcanoes near Turbaco, Colombia. Small volcanic cones that erupt Azote (nitrogen gas) every few minutes. On a plain surrounded by Santos mahogany and pijio trees, water lilies, etc. Volcans d'air de Turbaco. Copied from Alexander von Humboldt's Views of the Cordilleras, 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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