Whalers harpooning whales in the North Sea 4, sailors walking on ice fields in the Arctic 5, and view of Hekla volcano and geyser in Iceland 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor’s Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

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