Volcanoes : encounters through the ages

Material type: 図書

Author: David M. Pyle

Publisher: Bodleian Library

Publication date: 2017

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: 23 x 23 cm

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9781851244591
Title: Volcanoes : encounters through the ages
Author/Editor: David M. Pyle
Author Heading: Pyle, D. M. (David M.)
Bodleian Library
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Bodleian Library
Publication Date: 2017
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2017
Size: 23 x 23 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code): uk
Text Language Code: en
Subject Heading: Volcanoes -- History
Volcanic eruptions -- History
Volcanic eruptions -- Personal narratives
Volcanoes -- Social aspects -- History
Volcanic eruptions -- Social aspects -- History
LCC: QE522
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Volume based on materials from Oxford University's archives and research collections, and published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Bodleian Library.-- Foreword
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index
For centuries, volcanic eruptions have captured our imaginations. Whether as signposts to an underworld, beacons to ancient mariners, or as an extraordinary manifestation of the natural world, volcanoes have intrigued many people, who have left records of their encounters in letters, reports and diaries and through sketches and illustrations. This book tells the stories of volcanic eruptions around the world, using original illustrations and first-hand accounts to explore how our understanding of volcanoes has evolved through time. Written accounts include Pliny's description of the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius, stories recounted by seventeenth-century seafarers, and reports of expeditions made by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century natural historians, including Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin. Illustrations range from fragments of scrolls, buried in the great eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii, to Athanasius Kircher's extraordinarily detailed sketches, made in the seventeenth century, to the
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