Vesuvius /

The cataclysm that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79 continues to fascinate nearly two thousand years later. Darley's meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing, as it sifts through the ashes of Vesuvius to expose changes in our un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darley, Gillian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Colección:Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
Temas:
Volcanism > Italy > Vesuvius.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Volcanism
Vesuvius (Italy) > History.
Vésuve (Italie) > Histoire.
Italy > Vesuvius
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early days
  • Miracle or science?
  • William Hamilton : made by Vesuvius
  • Romantics
  • Making Vesuvius
  • Real geology, new focus
  • Vesuvius and the wider world
  • Visiting Vesuvius at home and abroad.

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