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Krakatoa

The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883

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Krakatoa
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An edition of Krakatoa (2003)

Krakatoa

The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883

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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.

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Penguin Books Ltd
Pages
432

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Subjects
Volcanoes, Eruption, 1883, History, Natural disasters, Social aspects, Indonesia, history
Places
Krakatoa (Indonesia), Indonesia
Times
19th century

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Krakatoa
June 3, 2004, Penguin Books Ltd
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Krakatoa
2003, Harper Collins, Perennial / Harper-collins
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Krakatoa
May 6, 2003, Viking
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883
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Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
2003, Thorndike Press
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Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
2003, Harper-Collins
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Paperback
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432

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OL7643881M
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0670914282
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9780670914289
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