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Quotes from Krakatoa — Simon Winchester

born 1944 United States

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The death throes of Krakatoa lasted for exactly twenty hours and fifty-six minutes, culminating in the gigantic explosion that all observers now agree happened at 10:02 A.M. on Monday, August 27, 1883.

Krakatoa (2003)

The eruption of Krakatoa was, indeed, the first true catastrophe in the world to take place after the establishment of a worldwide network of telegraph cables—a network that allowed news of disaster to be flashed around the planet in double-quick time.

Krakatoa (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simon Winchester (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.