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Presented in the form of personal accounts set against the backdrop of the violence of nature, the author tells about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the weather-panics of the summer of 1783, the eruption of Krakatau in 1883, and the Hilo tsunami of 1946.Hamblyn, Richard is the author of 'Terra : Tales of the Earth:Four Events that Changed the World', published 2010 under ISBN 9780330490740 and ISBN 0330490745.
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