Europe’s Disappearing Island

Aidin Robbins Short 1 years ago

Description

When the Mediterranean's most important island disappeared 🏝️ The second of 5 videos I'll be sharing this week about volcanic islands- see you tomorrow 🙂

Sources/further reading:
James Hamilton - Volcano: Nature and Culture
Peter Francis and Clive Oppenheimer - Volcanoes (Second Edition)
British Library - New volcanic islands: where science and politics meet

Maps/Images:
Lt. John William Miles: The eruption of 1811 off the coast of São Miguel, Azores, June 19th, 1811
George Walter Smythe - Views and Description of the late Volcanic Island off the coast of Sicily, 1832
Camillo De Vito - L'isola Ferdinandea, circa 1831
HMS 'Melville' off the Volcanic Graham Island, 1831