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  Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Paperback) By (author) Simon Winchester, Illustrated by Soun Vannithone

  

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  Short Description for KrakatoaChronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 01 August 2004
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Social Impact Of Disasters | Geology & The Lithosphere | Natural Disasters | Asian History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Earth: Natural History General
  • ISBN 13: 9780141005171 ISBN 10: 0141005173
  • Sales rank: 22,384

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• Simon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of Alfred Wegener, the crack-pot German explorer and father of geology. In breathtaking detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt to this day.