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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF DISASTERS
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF DISASTERS
Environmental Catastrophes
and Human Tragedies
VOLUME 1
ANGUS M. GUNN
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut
London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod), 1920–
Encyclopedia of disasters : environmental catastrophes and human
tragedies / Angus M. Gunn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978–0–313–34002–4 ((set) : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978–0–313–34003–1 ((vol 1) : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978–0–313–34004–8 ((vol 2) : alk. paper)
1. Natural disasters—Encyclopedias. I. Title.
GB5014.G86 2008
904—dc22 2007031001
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright
2008 by Angus M. Gunn
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007031001
ISBN-13: 978–0–313–34002–4 (set)
978–0–313–34003–1 (vol 1)
978–0–313–34004–8 (vol 2)
First published in 2008
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.greenwood.com
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
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Contents
Credits for Illustrations
xi
Guide to Thematic Entries
xvii
Preface
xxiii
Acknowledgments
xxvii
Introduction
xxix
Volume 1
1. Supervolcano Toba, Indonesia, 74000 BC 1
2. Rome, Italy, fire, 64 5
3. Pompeii, Italy, volcanic eruption, 79 11
4. Alexandria, Egypt, tsunami, 365 17
5. Antioch, Syria (now Antakya, Turkey), earthquake, 526 21
6. Constantinople, Byzantine Empire, Black Death plague, 542 26
7. Corinth, Greece, earthquake, 856
32
8. Damghan, Persia, earthquake, 856
34
10. Shaanxi, China, earthquake, 1556
38
11. Arequipa, Peru, volcanic eruption, 1600
46
12. London, England, Black Death plague, 1665
52
13. London, England, fire, 1666
58
14. Port Royal, Jamaica, earthquake, 1692
63
15. Cascadia earthquake, 1700
68
16. Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake and tsunami, 1755
75
17. Massachusetts offshore earthquake, 1755
81
18. Bengal, India, famine, 1770
83
19. Connecticut earthquake, 1791
88
20. New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes, 1811 and 1812
90
21. West Ventura, California, earthquake, 1812
95
22. Tambora, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1815
98
23. Natchez, Mississippi, tornado, 1840
103
9. Aleppo, Syria, earthquake, 1138
41

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