Tambora and the Year Without a Summer: How a Volcano Plunged the World Into Crisis

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In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and North America experienced a 'year without a summer', while failed harvests in 1817 led to the 'year of famine'. At the time, nobody knew that all these disturbances were the result of a single event: the eruption of Mount Tambora in what is now Indonesia - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1509525491

ISBN13:9781509525492

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Polity Press

Length:350 Pages

Weight:1.46 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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