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

"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 destroy...

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Main Author: Molesky, Mark.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1700 - 1799
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.
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.
Lisbon (Portugal) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Europe.
Portugal.
Portugal > Lisbon.
History.
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