Sound range of the Krakatoa explosions mb-code 2324868 The barge passing in front

The barge passing in front of Windsor Castle

both civilians and men in uniform

bottom right: 'Celebrating the Regent's birth-day with a jolly row

The summer weather of 1888 was obviously no more reliable than it is now

Sound range of the Krakatoa explosions mb-code 2324868 The barge passing in frontMap showing the geographical range of humans hearing the explosions generated during the eruption of Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on 27 August 1883. Plate 16 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G. J. Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888). The plate is inscribed: 'Krakatoa. Rep. Roy. Soc. Com. Plate XVI. MAP SHOWING THE PLACES AT WHICH THE SOUNDS