GEOGRAPHY, ALTITUDINI GRAPHIC
MOUNTAINS OF THE EARTH "Comparative height of the primary mountains of the Earth.The density of the air decreases as it rises.At the height of 5 thousand meters there is an extreme cold and a general weakness of all the organs (...)" (extract from original description). Detail from table IV "planisphere or general prospectus of the globe" from "La Geografia at a glance", Lithograph Corbetta, Milan, 1853.