"The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa."
Book summary and author's note via
Covering a volcanic event in extraordinary detail, this book touches on all things geographic; from plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions to the then location of undersea communication cables and the social geography of the world at the time.
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