A thorough examination of the one of the greatest natural disasters of all time. Wincheseter examines the history of the island, the area, the development of scientific theories of evolution and plate techtonics that helps us understand how it happened, and the impact of the disaster on society. Odd, half-size DJ with a scrape on the rear flap fold. . A very good or better copy.

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Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Verlag

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Scarborough, ON, Canada

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0066212855

ISBN-13

9780066212852

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

First Edition

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Very Good - Fine

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Very Good

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The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.

The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogot� and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims: one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere.

Simon Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life.

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Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed some 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.

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