Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 * Simon Winchester
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| Management number | 7987503 | Release Date | 2025/09/03 | List Price | $5.39 | Model Number | 7987503 | ||
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Examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia, India and islands 1000s of miles away. Most significant of all − 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. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event.
History, Science, Geology, Nature, World History
Southeast Asia, Krakatoa (Indonesia), Java (Indonesia)
416 pgs, Paperback. Used, see photos.
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