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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883
Krakatoa The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883 Author:Simon Winchester In August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa -- these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surface. This text uses contemporaneous reports to recount the events leading up to and following the cataclysm.