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    This gulf of fire : the destruction of Lisbon, or apocalypse in the age of science and reason / Mark Molesky.

    By: Molesky, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 496 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307267627; 0307267628; 9780307387509; 030738750XSubject(s): Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal : 1755) | Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755 | Earthquakes -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 18th century | Tsunamis -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 18th century | Fires -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 18th century | Earthquake relief -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 18th century | Lisbon (Portugal) -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Disasters -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment -- Europe | HISTORY -- Europe -- General | HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century | NATURE -- Natural Disasters | Disasters -- Social aspects | Earthquake relief | Earthquakes | Enlightenment | Fires | Social conditions | Tsunamis | Europe | Portugal | Portugal -- Lisbon | Erdbeben | Lissabon | Tsunamis -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 18th century | 1700-1799 | 1700-1799Genre/Form: History. | History.DDC classification: 946.9/42033 LOC classification: DP762 | .M65 2015Other classification: HIS010000 | HIS037050 | NAT023000
    Contents:
    Prologue: The Last Victim -- Babylonia Portugueza -- November 1, 1755 -- An Unexpected Horror -- The Great Firestorm -- The Hour of Pombal -- City of Ashes, Huts of Wood -- Word spreads -- "A Chaos of Stones" -- Uma Lisboa Nova -- Reverberations.
    Scope and content: "On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than in Lisbon, then the thriving capital of a great global empire. In a few minutes most of Lisbon was destroyed--but that was only the beginning. A tsunami swept away most of the ruined coast along the Tagus River and carried untold souls out to sea. When fire broke out across the city, the surviving Lisboetas were subject to a firestorm reaching temperatures over 1,832 degrees F. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, on modern science (geology did not exist then), and on a sophisticated grasp of Portuguese history, Molesky gives us the definitive account of the destruction, of history's first international relief effort, and of the dampening effects these events had on the optimistic spirit of the Enlightenment"--Provided by publisher.
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    "On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than in Lisbon, then the thriving capital of a great global empire. In a few minutes most of Lisbon was destroyed--but that was only the beginning. A tsunami swept away most of the ruined coast along the Tagus River and carried untold souls out to sea. When fire broke out across the city, the surviving Lisboetas were subject to a firestorm reaching temperatures over 1,832 degrees F. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, on modern science (geology did not exist then), and on a sophisticated grasp of Portuguese history, Molesky gives us the definitive account of the destruction, of history's first international relief effort, and of the dampening effects these events had on the optimistic spirit of the Enlightenment"--Provided by publisher.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-468) and index.

    Prologue: The Last Victim -- Babylonia Portugueza -- November 1, 1755 -- An Unexpected Horror -- The Great Firestorm -- The Hour of Pombal -- City of Ashes, Huts of Wood -- Word spreads -- "A Chaos of Stones" -- Uma Lisboa Nova -- Reverberations.

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