Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Tit: Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 Otè: Winchester, Simon, author. Edisyon: First Harper Perennial edition. Fòma: Book Mezon Edisyon, Dat: New York : Harper Perennial, 2005. ©2003 Deskripsyon: xx, 416 pages, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Rezime: Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism. Sijè yo: Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History -- 19th century. Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883. Kontni "An island with a pointed mountain" -- The crocodile in the canal -- Close encounters on the Wallace Line -- The moments when the mountain moved -- The unchaining of the gates of Hell -- A league from the last of the sun -- The curious case of the terrified elephant -- The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom -- Rebellion of a ruined people -- The rising of the son -- The place the world exploded. ISBN 0060838590 Plase demann lan Ajoute sou lis mwen an Expand All | Collapse All Disponibilite Fè plan li Sijesyon ak plis Imaj kouvèti laj la Vi bibliyotekè a Displaying 1 of 1
