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Title This gulf of fire : the destruction of Lisbon, or apocalypse in the age of science and reason / Mark Molesky.
Author Molesky, Mark.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  946.942 MOL    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 496 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent.
unmediated n rdamedia.
volume nc rdacarrier.
Note "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-468) and index.
Subject 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.
Lisbon (Portugal) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Disasters -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Enlightenment -- Europe.
ISBN 0307267628 (hardcover) : $35.00
9780307267627 (hardcover)