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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Molesky, Mark.     Subjects     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.     Lisbon (Portugal) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Molesky, Mark.       by title:      This gulf of fire : ...         MARC Display

This gulf of fire : the destruction of Lisbon, or apocalypse in the age of science and reason / Mark Molesky. by Molesky, Mark. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Subjects 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.   Lisbon (Portugal) -- Social conditions -- 18th century. ISBN:  9780307267627 0307267628 Description:  viii, 496 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  1 Summary:  "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 pulisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 976.94203 Mo Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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