What is the setting of Journey to the Center of the Earth?

When
setting is broadly discussed, it usually
refers to the physical location and the time period in
which the story is
taking place. The previous post correctly identifies the specific countries

that  takes place in.

The book begins in
Hamburg,
Germany. The narrator, Axel, begins by explaining that Otto
Lidenbrock has discovered a
manuscript written by a 16th century Icelandic
man. The manuscript claims to describe a path to
the center of Earth. Axel
and Otto then travel to Iceland in order to begin their journey to the
center
of Earth. They arrive in Reykjavik, Iceland and then travel to Mount Snaeffels in
order
to begin their descent. From this point forward, the novel's setting
locations are fictional
places within Earth's interior. Then the explorers
finally make their exit through Stromboli's
vent in Italy.

I'd like to point out that the previous post states that the

explorers exited through Etna on the island of Stromboli.   That is incorrect. Etna
and
Stromboli are two different volcanoes located in Italy. Stromboli is a
small island located
north of southern Italy's mainland. That's where Etna is
located. If a reader checks the text,
Axel and Otto are told by a local
shepherd boy that they are on the island of Stromboli. The men
then
look south and see Etna in the

distance.

And those rounded blue hills to the east
were
the mountains of Calabria! And that volcano on the southern horizon was
Etna, terrible Etna
itself!

"Stromboli, Stromboli!" I
repeated.

As for the year that the
book takes place, readers are told that
Otto discovers the manuscript in the
spring of 1863. The journey begins from that
point.