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Exploring Italy's erupting volcanoes- and the centuries of history, mythology, and science born from their slopes.
Huge thanks to Eric Matt for helping shoot this one: instagram.com/ericmattt
🎧 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
Further reading:
Clive Oppenheimer - Mountains of Fire: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo205711457.html
Peter Francis and Clive Oppenheimer - Volcanoes (Second Edition): global.oup.com/academic/product/volcanoes-9780199254699?cc=us&lang=en&
Haraldur Sigurðsson - Melting the Earth: global.oup.com/academic/product/melting-the-earth-9780195106657?lang=en&cc=nl
Sir William Hamilton: Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanoes: gutenberg.org/files/35433/35433-h/35433-h.htm
Public Domain Review - Tempest Anderson: publicdomainreview.org/essay/tempest-anderson-pioneer-of-volcano-photography
Cambridge - Greeks in Italy: bit.ly/3xNymQk
Britannica - Pliny the Elder: britannica.com/biography/Pliny-the-Elder
Pliny the Younger's Letters: bit.ly/3Wec1pd
Telliamed: archive.org/details/telliamedorconve0000mail/mode/2up
Hamilton's Reports: https://web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Hamilton_Observations_1772.pdf
Wegner - The Origin of Continents and Oceans: bit.ly/4b7ULH7
Illustrations:
Library of Congress: loc.gov/item/2016649799
loc.gov/item/2006677663
loc.gov/item/2001700924
Wellcome Collection: wellcomecollection.org/works/wrzn5xrp/images?id=rnqasxmg
wellcomecollection.org/works/ge42neyw/images?id=ju25qg75
wellcomecollection.org/works/xjgav93k/images?id=s367sd7y
wellcomecollection.org/works/chbvsran/images?id=bqvmw3e5
wellcomecollection.org/works/a9mp48ft/images?id=acpc525w
wellcomecollection.org/works/a4m8a4kk/images?id=kvfxsn7z
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=akbw5cgd
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=pfw8h2cr
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=pmbekard
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=raefmqgq
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=xed4yggf
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=zy53gzr7
Francesco Geri, Filippo Morghen: bit.ly/3xQfikw
Pierre-Jacques Volaire - Eruption of Vesuvius - https://www.artic.edu/artworks/57996/the-eruption-of-vesuvius
Luigi Mayer: bit.ly/3UbagGH
Antonio Tempesta - Apollo at Vulcan's Forge: bit.ly/4b9wYGg
Mathäus Küsel - Cavern of Aeolus: bit.ly/4aZcGz8
Etna engraving: bit.ly/3JzrqJs
Albert Bierstadt - Mount Vesuvius at Midnight: bit.ly/3xQiJru
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy - The 1813 Eruption of Vesuvius: bit.ly/4aP9xSG
Vitruvius: bit.ly/3y290hE
Thomas Sutherland: bit.ly/44fzFUl
Early Vesuvius painting: bit.ly/49UJFn9
Gottfried Eichler, Jacob Wangner, Johann Georg Hertel: bit.ly/3Ug2cEP
Page: bit.ly/4aK8Km0
Vesuvius: bit.ly/4b5pDHC
Joseph Wright of Derby - Vesuvius from Portici: bit.ly/4ddUrrE
The blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi blesses poor and sick people: bit.ly/4aNDgLI
Horace Vernet: bit.ly/3JvjcSz
Alessandro d' Anna: bit.ly/49KRDiM
Comet: bit.ly/3QjrNLY
Hamilton: images.rmg.co.uk/asset/22910
Spallanzani: bit.ly/44kg6KB
Jacob More, John William Edy: bit.ly/3U51YA4
Photos:
Library of Congress: loc.gov/item/2020684402
loc.gov/item/2020684407
loc.gov/item/2020684429
loc.gov/item/2020683136
loc.gov/item/2020683148
loc.gov/item/2007683669
Tempest Anderson: bit.ly/3xU77Up
Maps/Graphics:
Map of Italy: catalog.archives.gov/id/159081841
World Map: bit.ly/3y2OUE0
Public Doman Review - Athanasius Kircher: bit.ly/4aZy0VK
Athanasius Kircher Map: bit.ly/3UkmaOy
Public Doman Review - Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts: publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps
Earth rings: jstor.org/stable/community.26311564
Seismograms: jstor.org/stable/community.26394854
jstor.org/stable/community.26394859
Library of Congress: bit.ly/3Wed3BB
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Sponsor
4:05 - Ancient Greece
6:04 - Ancient Rome
7:47 - Vesuvius Erupts
10:20 - The Church
11:30 - The Renaissance
14:51 - The First Volcanologists
18:19 - Completing the Puzzle
19:22 - Outro
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)
Thanks to Milanote for sponsoring this video! Sign up for free with no time limit: milanote.com/aidinrobbins
Exploring Italy's erupting volcanoes- and the centuries of history, mythology, and science born from their slopes.
Huge thanks to Eric Matt for helping shoot this one: instagram.com/ericmattt
🎧 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
Further reading:
Clive Oppenheimer - Mountains of Fire: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo205711457.html
Peter Francis and Clive Oppenheimer - Volcanoes (Second Edition): global.oup.com/academic/product/volcanoes-9780199254699?cc=us&lang=en&
Haraldur Sigurðsson - Melting the Earth: global.oup.com/academic/product/melting-the-earth-9780195106657?lang=en&cc=nl
Sir William Hamilton: Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanoes: gutenberg.org/files/35433/35433-h/35433-h.htm
Public Domain Review - Tempest Anderson: publicdomainreview.org/essay/tempest-anderson-pioneer-of-volcano-photography
Cambridge - Greeks in Italy: bit.ly/3xNymQk
Britannica - Pliny the Elder: britannica.com/biography/Pliny-the-Elder
Pliny the Younger's Letters: bit.ly/3Wec1pd
Telliamed: archive.org/details/telliamedorconve0000mail/mode/2up
Hamilton's Reports: https://web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Hamilton_Observations_1772.pdf
Wegner - The Origin of Continents and Oceans: bit.ly/4b7ULH7
Illustrations:
Library of Congress: loc.gov/item/2016649799
loc.gov/item/2006677663
loc.gov/item/2001700924
Wellcome Collection: wellcomecollection.org/works/wrzn5xrp/images?id=rnqasxmg
wellcomecollection.org/works/ge42neyw/images?id=ju25qg75
wellcomecollection.org/works/xjgav93k/images?id=s367sd7y
wellcomecollection.org/works/chbvsran/images?id=bqvmw3e5
wellcomecollection.org/works/a9mp48ft/images?id=acpc525w
wellcomecollection.org/works/a4m8a4kk/images?id=kvfxsn7z
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=akbw5cgd
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=pfw8h2cr
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=pmbekard
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=raefmqgq
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=xed4yggf
wellcomecollection.org/works/rgpxnwwk/images?id=zy53gzr7
Francesco Geri, Filippo Morghen: bit.ly/3xQfikw
Pierre-Jacques Volaire - Eruption of Vesuvius - https://www.artic.edu/artworks/57996/the-eruption-of-vesuvius
Luigi Mayer: bit.ly/3UbagGH
Antonio Tempesta - Apollo at Vulcan's Forge: bit.ly/4b9wYGg
Mathäus Küsel - Cavern of Aeolus: bit.ly/4aZcGz8
Etna engraving: bit.ly/3JzrqJs
Albert Bierstadt - Mount Vesuvius at Midnight: bit.ly/3xQiJru
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy - The 1813 Eruption of Vesuvius: bit.ly/4aP9xSG
Vitruvius: bit.ly/3y290hE
Thomas Sutherland: bit.ly/44fzFUl
Early Vesuvius painting: bit.ly/49UJFn9
Gottfried Eichler, Jacob Wangner, Johann Georg Hertel: bit.ly/3Ug2cEP
Page: bit.ly/4aK8Km0
Vesuvius: bit.ly/4b5pDHC
Joseph Wright of Derby - Vesuvius from Portici: bit.ly/4ddUrrE
The blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi blesses poor and sick people: bit.ly/4aNDgLI
Horace Vernet: bit.ly/3JvjcSz
Alessandro d' Anna: bit.ly/49KRDiM
Comet: bit.ly/3QjrNLY
Hamilton: images.rmg.co.uk/asset/22910
Spallanzani: bit.ly/44kg6KB
Jacob More, John William Edy: bit.ly/3U51YA4
Photos:
Library of Congress: loc.gov/item/2020684402
loc.gov/item/2020684407
loc.gov/item/2020684429
loc.gov/item/2020683136
loc.gov/item/2020683148
loc.gov/item/2007683669
Tempest Anderson: bit.ly/3xU77Up
Maps/Graphics:
Map of Italy: catalog.archives.gov/id/159081841
World Map: bit.ly/3y2OUE0
Public Doman Review - Athanasius Kircher: bit.ly/4aZy0VK
Athanasius Kircher Map: bit.ly/3UkmaOy
Public Doman Review - Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts: publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps
Earth rings: jstor.org/stable/community.26311564
Seismograms: jstor.org/stable/community.26394854
jstor.org/stable/community.26394859
Library of Congress: bit.ly/3Wed3BB
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Sponsor
4:05 - Ancient Greece
6:04 - Ancient Rome
7:47 - Vesuvius Erupts
10:20 - The Church
11:30 - The Renaissance
14:51 - The First Volcanologists
18:19 - Completing the Puzzle
19:22 - Outro
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)
