Volcanoes and Earthquakes - Couverture souple

Zurcher, Frédéric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108049400 ISBN 13 : 9781108049405

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

An attractively illustrated popular account of volcanoes around the globe, originally published in 1866, and in this English translation in 1868.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The original French edition of this book appeared in 1866 as part of Hachette's extensive, popularising Bibliothèque des Merveilles series, which included several science titles by Frédéric Zurcher (1816–90) and Elie Margollé (1816–84). Their books were illustrated with attractive wood-cuts, and remained in print until the 1880s; they were also translated into English. This volume was published in London in 1868, and is a good example of popular science publishing in Victorian Britain. The material is organised geographically, beginning in Europe with Vesuvius, Etna and Icelandic volcanoes including Hecla, all of which had recently seen major eruptions. The authors quote from eyewitness accounts, and refer to scholarly publications on volcanoes including Darwin (1844) and Scrope (1862), also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Later chapters describe oceanic volcanoes, the Andes, the volcanic zone of New Zealand's North Island, and recently discovered volcanoes such as Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108049400
• ISBN 13: 9781108049405
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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