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Specimen of Lava, from the Peak of Pico, one of the Azore Islands

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 31, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115

Notes:

The most recent eruption of Mount Pico, the highest mountain of Portugal, had occurred in December 1720.