Jan Kozak Collection: Historical Earthquakes

Thumbnail Image Image-KZ106 Messenger reports to King of Naples about the earthquake in Messina. Damage shown in background. (Czech woodcut broadside, late 18th c.?) (Messina, Sicily)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ832 Decorative illustration of Messina 'before the time of the earthquakes [which] arrived in February.' Earthquake metaphorically represented by torn parchment and billowing smoke. (Messina, Sicily)