Krakatoa, the day the world exploded, 27 August 1883, Simon Winchester
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Krakatoa, the day the world exploded, 27 August 1883, Simon Winchester
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Krakatoa
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Simon Winchester
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the day the world exploded, 27 August 1883
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The author focuses on one of the most cataclysmic events of modern history: the volcanic eruption, in 1883, of the South East Asian island of Krakatoa, which resulted in the deaths of 36,000 people and sent shock-waves around the world. Winchester veers between eyewitness accounts by survivors and the limited scientific measurements of the time in an attempt to describe the indescribable. 2003
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