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Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.
Publication details: Harper Perennial, New York, NY : 2005.Description: 416 p; xvi, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0060838590 (pbk.) :
- 0066212855 (hbk.) :
- Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Krakatoa : Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- QE523.K73 W56 2003
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Summary: In this first US edition, the author of the The Map That Changed the World portrays the 19th-century eruption of a Javanese volcano that still has global repercussions in both historical and scientific contexts. The book includes maps and other illustrations. Published in Great Britain by Viking, 2003. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
List of illustrations and maps -- Prelude -- 1. "An island with a pointed mountain" -- 2 The crocodile in the canal -- 3. Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- 4. The moments when the mountain moved -- 5. The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- 6. A league from the last of the sun -- 7. The curious case of the terrified elephant -- 8. The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- 9. Rebellion of a ruined peple -- 10. The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing -- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih -- Index.
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"Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
In this first US edition, the author of the The Map That Changed the World portrays the 19th-century eruption of a Javanese volcano that still has global repercussions in both historical and scientific contexts. The book includes maps and other illustrations. Published in Great Britain by Viking, 2003. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
List of illustrations and maps -- Prelude -- 1. "An island with a pointed mountain" -- 2 The crocodile in the canal -- 3. Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- 4. The moments when the mountain moved -- 5. The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- 6. A league from the last of the sun -- 7. The curious case of the terrified elephant -- 8. The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- 9. Rebellion of a ruined peple -- 10. The rising of the son -- Epilogue : the place the world exploded -- Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing -- Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih -- Index.
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