Krakatoa
Subtitle: the day the world exploded
By: Simon Winchester
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Windsor selection
Publisher: Chivers Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bath, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780754019640
Subjects: Volcanoes; Natural disasters; Eruption, 1883; Social aspects
Description: In August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa - these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surface. This text uses contemporary reports to recount the events.