1875 Underground World GOLD Mines Geology Earthquakes Pirates Gambling Crime

1875 Underground World GOLD Mines Geology Earthquakes Pirates Gambling Crime

Thomas Knox was an American journalist during and following the Civil War. He published a number of historical treatises as well as scientific studies, including The Underground World. The book is a broad and lengthy study on minerology, mining, caving, geological discoveries, oceaneering, and diving. Knox also includes fascinating descriptions of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the excavation of Pompeii, mountain and cavern climbs in Naples, Mexican mines, coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean, and encounters of wildlife.

However, this work includes a variety of other topics that are seemingly unrelated to the main focus. Sections include:

Wine and beer making

The catacombs of Paris & the Bastille

Burglars and burglaries

Insurance policies

Railway tunnels

Sewer systems

Earthquakes in California

European dungeons

Animals that burrow

Gambling halls in Germany

Uses for and discovery of Gold in California

Pirates and buried treasure

Item number: #24612

Price: $499

KNOX, Thomas Wallace

The underground world : a mirror of life below the surface, with vivid descriptions of the hidden works of nature and are :comprising incidents and adventures beyond the light of day ...

Hartford : J.B. Burr, 1875.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

942

130 illustrations throughout

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Green cloth

Size: ~9in X 6.5in (22.5cm x 16.5cm)

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