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Chapel Street, Roseau, Dominica, W.I. [i.e. West Indies] |
| 30 |
Public Gardens, Roseau, Dominica |
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View of Roseau Valley, a lime plantation and the river. The Lake Mountain in the distance (Dominica) |
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Botanic Garden, St Vincent |
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Botanic Garden, St Vincent |
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The Crater of the Soufrière, St Vincent [i.e. La Soufrière, Saint Vincent], from the south lip, 1907 |
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In the fern forest near the Volcano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, 1904 |
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Point of Carbat, Nr. St Pierre |
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St Bartholemew, French WI [i.e. Saint-Barthèlemy, Antilles françaises] |
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Marigot, St Martin, F.W.I. [i.e. Saint Martin, Antilles françaises] |
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The Windward side Saba, 1400 ft above sea level |
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Sir Daniel Morris Collection: West Indian views
| Title |
The Crater of the Soufrière, St Vincent [i.e. La Soufrière, Saint Vincent], from the south lip, 1907 |
| Reference |
Y307G/34 |
| Creator |
Anderson, Tempest, 1846-1913 |
| Covering Dates |
1907 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition, slight chemical spotting. |
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| Content and context |
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264 x 206 mm. A photograph taken by Tempest Anderson on his second visit to Saint Vincent to report on the disastrous eruptions of La Soufrière in 1902 and 1903. The image shows a view looking down into the water-filled crater of La Soufrière and showing the interbedded tuffs and lavas on the far side. The type-written caption on the rear of the print reads (in full): 'The Crater of the Soufrière, St Vincent, from the south lip. Tempest Anderson, 1907.
The mountain was formerly known as Mongarn [changed in ink pen to 'Mougaru'] or Morne Garn [changed in ink pen to 'Garu'] and its eruptions in 1812 and 1902 are historic. The walls are formed of beds of ash often containing ejected blocks, alternating with sheets of lava, many of which are intrusive. A large dyke is seen on the left. In the centre is a crater lake about half a mile in diameter. The low platform round this lake is formed of ash thrown out by the small eruption of March 1903.
See Anderson and Flett, Phil. Trans. 1903 and 1907. T. Anderson. Geog. Journal March 1903.'
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| Further information |
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For a similar photograph see part II, plate 15 of: Anderson, Tempest and Flett, John S. (1903), Report on the Eruptions of the Soufrière, in St. Vincent, in 1902, and on a visit to Montagne Pelèe in Martinique, London: Dulau and Co.
Indexed
CN/CUL Y307G/34.
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| Index Terms |
| La Soufrière |
| Lesser Antilles |
| North and Central America |
| Saint David |
| Saint Vincent |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| West Indies |
| Windward Islands |
| Anderson, Tempest (1846-1913) |
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