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Der Ausbruch des Vulkans Mont Pelée auf Martinique
Burckardt's Nachf
Der Ausbruch des Vulkan...
1903
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Der Ausbruch des Vulkans Mont Pelée auf Martinique. Druok u. Verlag v. C. Buckardt's Nachf Weissenburg (Elsass.) (inset) Martinique. (on upper right margin) No. 1794.
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Colorful pictorial map depicts one of the great natural disasters of the modern era, the spectacular eruption of Mount Pelee in Martinique in April 1902. on sheet 34x43. Date estimated. Includes notes. The stratovolcano of Mount Pelee makes up the northern part of the island of Martinique, long a French colony. The island's largest town, St. Pierre, sat near the foot of the volcano. As shown in the present print, the volcano violently erupted, with ash and lava flows reigning down on the town. St. Pierre and much of the surrounding countryside were engulfed and the entire town was destroyed. Over 30,000 people were killed, making it the most deadly volcanic eruption of the 20th Century.
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