Merian’s View of the Solfatara Crater Date of Publication_1787 JWC was the John Waters

JWC was the John Waters Coldicott of Coventry who wrote his name on the rear endpaper

Moluques et Philippines

original hand colour in outline

Tracks of various major navigators are shown

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Merian’s View of the Solfatara Crater Date of Publication_1787 JWC was the John WatersThis is a view of the Solfatara volcanic crater, mythological home of Vulcan in the Phlegraean Fields at Pozzuoli, near Naples. It was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica and editions of the Theatrum Europaeum. Merian was born in Basel, but he learned his trade working for Johann Theodor de Bry in Frankfurt, and married de Brys daughter. His own business flourished: