Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.
Winchester, Simon.
2003
QE523.K73 W56 2003b (Mapit)
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Title Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 / Simon Winchester.
Author Winchester, Simon.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 0066212855
Publication Details New York : Harper-Collins, c2003.
Language English
Description xvi, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number QE523.K73 W56 2003b
Note "Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
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List of illustrations and maps
Prelude
1. "An island with a pointed mountain"
2 The crocodile in the canal
3. Close encounters on the Wallace Line
4. The moments when the mountain moved
5. The unchaining of the gates of Hell
6. A league from the last of the sun
7. The curious case of the terrified elephant
8. The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom
9. Rebellion of a ruined peple
10. The rising of the son
Epilogue : the place the world exploded
Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing
Acknowledgments, erkenningen, Terima Kasih
Index.

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