A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature

by Clarke, C. C.

• ISBN13: 9781108017534
• ISBN10: 1108017533
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-02
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C. C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, along with the multiplication of easy to produce related educational products - were key to his success. No doubt meant as an accessible encyclopaedia, this 40th edition of 1834 - attributed to Phillips himself - is a surprisingly vast and heterogeneous survey, which compiles natural and man-made curiosities across the world. The Himalayas and Mont Blanc share a chapter with the Peak of Derbyshire; famous rivers lead to mysterious subterranean forests; and Stonehenge is closely followed by St Paul's cathedral. Halfway between reference book and textbook, this richly illustrated volume is a fascinating catalogue of the world's wonders as perceived in the early nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Mountains of the Andes, in South America

Chimborazo

Cotopaxi

Pichincha

Mount Etna, in the Island of Sicily

Mount Vesuvius, near Naples

Mount Hecla, in Iceland

The Geysers

Mont Blanc, in Switerland

The Peak of Teneriffe

The Souffriere Mountain, in the Island of St. Vincent

The Peak of Derbyshire

British mountains

Stromboli

The Himalaya Mountains, in the East Indies

Sabrina Island, near St. Michael's, one of the Azores

The Great Kentucky Cavern

Grotto of Antiparos

Grant Staffa Cavern, or Fingal's Cave

The Yanar, or Perpetual Fire

Herculaneum

Pompeii

The Great Earthquake of 1755

The Giant's Causeway

Natural bridges of Icononzo

Rock bridge, in Virginia

Bessely Gaut

Extraneous fossils

Subterraneous forests

Coral reefs and islands

Wide and inhospitable deserts

Sands of the desert

Diamond mines

Gold and silver mines

Quicksilver mines

Ice islands

Icebergs

River of the Amazons

The Apurimac

The Oroonoko

The Ganges

The Indus

The Nile

Lake Superior

Lake Huron

Lake Asphaltites

The Caspian Sea

Falls of Niagara

Falls of the Montmorenci

Cataracts of the Nile

Saint Winifred's Well

Dropping well at Knaresborough

Pitch lake of Trinidad

Mud lake of Java

Meteors

Aerolites

Spectre of the Broken

The Miage

Fata Morgana

Remarkable thunderstorms

Hail storms

Hurricanes

Monsoons

Whirlwinds and waterspouts

The great serpent, called the boa constrictor

The sea serpent

The elephant

The orang outang

The termintes

The Banian tree

The upas, or poison tree

Pyramids of Egypt

Cryptae, or catacombs of Alexandria

Ruins of Palmyra and Balbec

Ruins of Babylon

Ruins of Persepolis

Athens

Temples of elephants

Temples of Salsette

Great Wall of China

Porcelain Tower, at Nankin

The Coliseum, at Rome

Trajan's Palace

The Pont du Gard

St. Peter's, of Rome

Eddystone light-house

Bell Rock light-house

Stonehenge

St. Paul's Cathedral

Westminster Abbey

The Tower of London

The Bank of England

General Post-Office

The Monument

The Louvre

The British Museum

The Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square

Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly

Dr. Herschel's Grand Telescope

The steam engine

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