Four pieces of that remarkable and stupendious work of nature, commonly called the Giants Causway, in the county of Antrim in Ireland

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1792

Notes:

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.

Capt. Henry Geddes sailed the brig Two Brothers to Dublin in October 1789. He later commanded the USS Patapsco (formerly Chesapeake) during the Quasi-War with France. Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 17 Oct 1789