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Vesuvius A Biography.

Exploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scarth, Alwyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Campanian volcanoes : in the beginning -- The Avellino eruption : a prelude to Pompeii -- The eruption in AD 79 : the day of wrath -- From antiquity to the Renaissance : tall stories -- The eruption of Monte Nuovo : a new approach -- The eruption in 1631 : the Counter Reformation -- The old cities rediscovered : antiquity protected -- Hamilton and Vesuvius : volcano-watching -- Vesuvius as a tourist attraction : the Grand Tour -- Persistent activity, 1822-1944 : scientific scrutiny -- The Campi Flegrei : an eruption that failed -- The future : the eruption to be avoided -- Appendix 1. The two letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of AD 79 -- Appendix 2. Cassiodorus : Variae epistolae, letter 50. 
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