Springer The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters 2010 Hybri

| The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters |
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| DATE: 2013-01-31 SIZE: 60,34MB DISKS: 13_______4,77MB PAGES: 206 |
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| PUBLISHER: Springer GENRE: Natural Hazards |
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| AUTHOR: Kozák, Jan, Cermák, Vladimir |
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| FORMAT: PDF PROTECTION: none EDITION: |
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| URL: http://is gd/V3vFnj |
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| LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 978-90-481-3324-6 |
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: This richly illustrated pictorial history of natural disasters has been :
: composed from a large selection of images of a wide variety of sources, :
: mostly private collections. These include reproductions of rare engravings,:
: maps both old and new, sketches, and diagrams. The individual full-page :
: reproductions give historical views on natural disasters, such as :
: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, landslides and rock :
: falls. The illustrations are accompanied by text describing the geophysical:
: and historical background of the disasters, the origin of each of the :
: engravings and stories behind the events. :