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This two-volume natural history of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena was first published in Germany in 1855 by the chemist and mineralogist Georg Landgrebe (1802–1872) and was intended for scientifically literate enthusiasts rather than for specialists. The book begins with a review of contemporary work on volcanoes, explaining the theories of Leopold von Buch and the lively international debates they had generated among scholars including Charles Lyell, George Poulett Scrope and Charles Daubeny (also reissued in this series). Volume 1 lists the world's volcanoes by region, giving details of their altitude, mineralogy, and recent eruptions (including Etna in 1832 and Mount St Helens in September 1842). Landgrebe makes frequent reference to published work, summarising eyewitness accounts of vegetation, terrain and volcanic activity. He gives particular attention to Vesuvius and to the volcanoes of Iceland and Java, but there is also thorough coverage of the Americas, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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Author:   Georg Landgrebe
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511983153

ISBN 10:   0511983158
Publication Date:   05 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Language:   German

Table of Contents

Vorrede; 1. Charakteristik der Vulcane und Verbreitung derselben über die Oberfläche der Erde; 2. Eintheilung der Vulcane in Central-und Reihen-Vulcane; 3. Central-Vulcane; 4. Der Aetna; 5. Die Insel Ferdinandea; 6. Die Insel Pantellaria; 7. Die Vesuv und die Ungegend; 8. Die Inseln Procida und Ischia; 9. Die Insel Island; 10. Die Insel Jan Meyen; 11. Die Azoren; 12. Die Canarischen Inseln; 13. Die Capverdischen Inseln; 14. Die Galapagos; 15. Die Sandwich-Inseln; 16. Mendanna's Archipelagus; 17. Die Societäts-Inseln; 18. Die Freundschafts-Inseln; 19. Waihu oder die Ostern-Insel; 20. Die Insel Bourbon; 21. Die Demavend; 22. Der Ararat; 23. Vulcane in Inner-Asia; 24. Vulcane in Africa; 25. Vulcane in südlichen Polarmeer; 26. Die Inseln Deception und Bridgeman; 27. Reihen-vulcane; 28. Westaustralische reihe; 29. Reihe der Sunda-Inseln; 30. Barren-Island und Narcondam; 31. Der Molukken; 32. Die Philippinen; 33. Die Marianen; 34. Die Carolinen; 35. Die japanischen Inseln; 36. Die kurilischen Inseln; 37. Die Halbinsel Kamtschatka; 38. Die Aleutischen Inseln; 39. Vulcanische Erscheinungen in America; 40. Feuerland und Patagonien; 41. Vulcanen-Reihe von Chili; 42. Vulcanen-Reihe von Bolivia und Peru; 43. Vulcanen-Reihe von Quito; 44. Vulcanen-Reihe der Antillen; 45. Vulcanen-Reihe von Central-America; 46. Vulcanen-Reihe von Mexico; 47. Vulcane in Nordwest-America.

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