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Krakatoa
Krakatoa
Author: Simon Winchester
The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event which has only very recently become properly understood, the eruption changed the world in mo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780141005171
ISBN-10: 0141005173
Publication Date: 6/3/2004
Pages: 448
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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