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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10799589261604 |
| SKU: | A5L/2609/U237 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1461 (46) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial New Zealand History: Natural |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
REPORT ON THE ERUPTION OF TARAWERA AND ROTOMAHANA
by A.P.W. Thomas
DESCRIPTION
Format: small softcover
Published: General Survey Office 1888, 1st edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 235 h x 10 d
Pages: 74
SKU: A5L/2609/U237
ABOUT
A foundational scientific text written by Professor Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas (1857–1937), a pioneering geologist and the first professor of natural sciences at Auckland University College.
Commissioned by the New Zealand Government and published in 1888 by the General Survey Office in Wellington, this 74-page document stands as the definitive early vulcanological study of the catastrophic 10 June 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption.
Professor Thomas traveled to the Rotorua district shortly after the disaster to systematically chart the volcanic aftermath including:
The 17-Kilometre Fissure
The Mud Eruptions
Ash Distribution
The Fate of the Pink and White Terraces
Includes 13 lithographic illustration plates.
Includes two large fold out maps.
CONDITION
Tidy with damaged/semi-detached covers, spotting on some pages but otherwise clean, binding intact.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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