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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Tambora : Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the World
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'This is a history and a travelogue to Sumbawa, Indonesia, released on the eve of the bicentenary of the largest eruption in recorded history – Mt Tambora with a VEI of 7 was ten times the size of the more famous Krakatau. It erupted on 10th April 1815 with dramatic impact on the East Indies and across the world: it changed the global climate for at least three years (known as the “Year Without Summer”) and the world reeled from its long lasting effects: more than 100,000 Indonesians died from the event or from the disease and famine that followed: millions were affected worldwide through starvation, disease and death; it caused the total the destruction of the Tamboran culture, language and people; massive European emigration; numerous floods and/or droughts; religious fervour and the creation of a new religion; the invention of the bicycle; the ‘westward ho!” wagon trains in the US; magnificent art; the birth of science fiction and Frankenstein; widespread riots and political instability; coloured snow and frosts in mid-summer.

'The author outlines the history of this largely unknown mountain, travels to Sumbawa and watches four year old jockeys racing horses, wades knee deep through a million jellyfish, meets royalty and unintelligible surfers and climbs the mountain and discusses the effects of world climate change on a population that is far from ready, even today.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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      Australia,
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      Derek Pugh ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2015.
      ISBN: 9780992355845, 9781925280012
Last amended 4 Jun 2020 08:22:52
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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