Island on fire : the extraordinary story of a forgotten volcano that changed the world /
Witze, Alexandra,
Island on fire : the extraordinary story of a forgotten volcano that changed the world / Alexandra Witze & Jeff Kanipe. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
"January 2015"--Title page verso. Originally published with subtitle: The extraordinary story of Laki, the forgotten volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark. London : Profile Books, 2014. With new foreword.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Preface : Heimaey, 1973 -- 1. Laki erupts : June 1783 -- 2. Land of ice and fire : the volcanoes of Iceland -- 3. Supervolcanoes : the world's hotspots -- 4. Fire, famine and death : the poisoning of Iceland -- 5. Horrible phenomena : Europe's 'year of wonders' -- 6. The big chill : Laki's global fallout -- 7. Laki today : life in the mountain's shadow -- 8. Death by volcano : the many ways eruptions can kill -- 9. The next big bang : how worried should we be? -- Epilogue : Return to history.
1605986747 9781605986746
Jón Steingrímsson, 1728-1791.
Lava flows--History--Iceland--18th century.
Volcanic eruptions--Social aspects--Iceland.
Volcanology--History.
Weather--Effect of volcanic eruptions on--History--Europe--18th century.
Laki (Iceland)--Eruption, 1783-1784.
Island on fire : the extraordinary story of a forgotten volcano that changed the world / Alexandra Witze & Jeff Kanipe. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
"January 2015"--Title page verso. Originally published with subtitle: The extraordinary story of Laki, the forgotten volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark. London : Profile Books, 2014. With new foreword.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Preface : Heimaey, 1973 -- 1. Laki erupts : June 1783 -- 2. Land of ice and fire : the volcanoes of Iceland -- 3. Supervolcanoes : the world's hotspots -- 4. Fire, famine and death : the poisoning of Iceland -- 5. Horrible phenomena : Europe's 'year of wonders' -- 6. The big chill : Laki's global fallout -- 7. Laki today : life in the mountain's shadow -- 8. Death by volcano : the many ways eruptions can kill -- 9. The next big bang : how worried should we be? -- Epilogue : Return to history.
1605986747 9781605986746
Jón Steingrímsson, 1728-1791.
Lava flows--History--Iceland--18th century.
Volcanic eruptions--Social aspects--Iceland.
Volcanology--History.
Weather--Effect of volcanic eruptions on--History--Europe--18th century.
Laki (Iceland)--Eruption, 1783-1784.