Kirby, R. S. [Hrsg.]; Kirby, R. S. [Bearb.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. V.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

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Joch (Switzerland)
Roetnik (Sweden)
Gemmi (Switzerland)
Summit of the Mole
Mont Cenis, a la poste
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City of Gondar (Abys-|
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6000
6012
6113
6261
6800

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Pic du Midi (Pyrenees) 9300
Quito (S. America) 9377
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(Switzerland) )
Monte Viso 9997

11700

13402

13842

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(Alps)
Etna (Sicily)
Pike of Teneriife
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Pic D’Ossano (Py-)
renees) 5
Aiguille d'Argentiere
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(Marsden) 5
Monte Rosa (Alps) 15084
Summit of Mont
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Blanc (Alps) 5
Pinchincha (South ) , _
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MounaRoa (Owhyhee) 16020
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Cotopaxi (S. America) 18756
Antisana (S. America) 19290
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MATTHEW DARING,
AN EXTRAORDINARY GREAT EATER, AT BLACK BARNSLEY,
IN YORKSHIRE,
COMMUNICATED BY DR. MORTIMER, SECRETARY OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY, APRIL 15, 1745.
The boy was about twelve years of age, and was regular
as other children, till about a year before the above date,