Lot 1028
1884 Description of A Visit to the Volcano of Kilauea on Mauna Loa. Autograph letter from Julia E. Ward in Hilo, Hawaii, to her uncle and aunt in Vermont, USA, 8¼ x 5¼ in., Hilo, 1884, 6 pp. She describes her trip into the Volcano of Kilauea on Mauna Loa. In part: "…we went with a guide into the crater….walked two miles across the old lava and then reached the brink of two lakes…more or less active…The hot lava from fire fountains overspread the whole surface of one of the lakes…called Halemanmau or 'House of everlasting fire,' supposed in old times to be the home of the goddess Pelu…the other new lake…the hot lava burst forth…it spread…on the whole lake perhaps 1200 by 800 ft. It seemed as if the very foundations of the earth were giving way…. " More details. Fine.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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