06_Season_of_scarcity_p_20-22.pdf

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title	Season of Scarcity
creator	Beck, Boyde
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	<p>On 10 April 1815, Mount Tarnbora,<br />a large volcano in the<br />Sunda Islands (now part of Indonesia),<br />began to tear itself apart. For two days<br />the island shook from the force of the<br />biggest eruption in recorded history.<br />Explosions were heard 1,800 kilometres<br />away. In Java, 500 kilometres distant,<br />British authorities thought the<br />sound was pirates' cannon fire, and<br />sent gunboats to investigate. Fifteen<br />centimetre stones came to earth 40<br />kilometres away. An unnatural nightfall<br />descended under a thick cloud of<br />dust 1,000 kilometres wide. Tambora<br />lost 1,400 metres in height over those<br />two days. A crater 12 kilometres wide<br />appeared at its centre. The immediate<br />death toll from rockfall, ashfall, gas,<br />and tsunami, approached 10,000 people.<br />Over the next few months, nearby<br />islands would lose another 80,000 people<br />to cholera and famine.</p>
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1994
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-481
source	36
language	en_US
rights	<p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p>

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title	Season of Scarcity
creator	Beck, Boyde
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	<p>On 10 April 1815, Mount Tarnbora,<br />a large volcano in the<br />Sunda Islands (now part of Indonesia),<br />began to tear itself apart. For two days<br />the island shook from the force of the<br />biggest eruption in recorded history.<br />Explosions were heard 1,800 kilometres<br />away. In Java, 500 kilometres distant,<br />British authorities thought the<br />sound was pirates' cannon fire, and<br />sent gunboats to investigate. Fifteen<br />centimetre stones came to earth 40<br />kilometres away. An unnatural nightfall<br />descended under a thick cloud of<br />dust 1,000 kilometres wide. Tambora<br />lost 1,400 metres in height over those<br />two days. A crater 12 kilometres wide<br />appeared at its centre. The immediate<br />death toll from rockfall, ashfall, gas,<br />and tsunami, approached 10,000 people.<br />Over the next few months, nearby<br />islands would lose another 80,000 people<br />to cholera and famine.</p>
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1994
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-481
source	36
language	en_US
rights	<p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p>