Charles Morris (1) (1833–1922)

Only about 40% of the book is dedicated to San Francisco, though Scull’s drawing pepper the rest of the book. Chapter 14, at page 177, broadens the discussion to other seismic disturbances of the year, and records “From far away New Zealand, on the same date, the government seismograph at the capital, Wellington, recorded seismic waves that apparently passed round the earth five times at intervals of about four hours each.”
That point pivots the book to other, mostly volcanic , disasters, notably Vesuvius, but also Etna and Stromboli, and then moves on to Iceland, the Pacific Islands and Hawaii, Central America, Krakatoa, Mont Pelee. Chapter 30 discusses submarine volcanoes and their island building character. The last chapter discusses mud volcanoes, geysers and hot springs.
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Finding the North Pole:
Dr. Cook's Own Story of His Discovery, April 21, 1908
The Story of Commander Peary's Discovery, April 6, 1909
--- Together With ---
The Marvelous Record of Former Arctic Expeditions
Edited by Charles Morris,
Member of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
with Introduction by George W. Melville,
Rear Admiral U.S. Navy, Retired
The Survivor of Three Arctic Expeditions
Who Recovered the Records of the Jeannette Expedition, and also the Remains of DeLong and his Companions and was Given a Gold Medal by Congress for his Distinguished Services.
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Always interesting to compare contemporaneous narratives of well-known events with modern analyses that benefit from the perspective of some distance.… (más)