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 | Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions (Updated Edition) by Donald Theodore Sanders, Robert D. Ballard (Foreword) Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-691-11838-8 / 0691118388 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-11838-3 / 9780691118383 When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as 100,000 people perished as a result of the blast and an ensuing famine caused by the destruction of rice fields on Sumbawa and neighboring islands. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around t | |