Author: KRAKATOA-STEHN, CH.E.
Title: The geology and volcanism of the Krakatau Group; DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN, W.M., Krakatau's new Flora; K.W. DAMMERMAN, Krakatau's new fauna.
Description: S.L.[Batavia], 1929. 3 pts. in 1 vol. Cloth, 118pp., 6 plates (some folded, some o.o.t., some with sub-divisions), 26 ills. on 21 plates (i.e. photos, 20 of which are taken from the eruptions of 1928 & 1929), sketch-map, several text-figures, diagrams & tables. 3 important essays by 3 of the foremost dutch colonial scientist on the Eruption of Krakatau and its aftermath: geology, new flora and fauna, incl. i.a. notes on renewed eruptions of 1928 and 1929. Published upon the occasion of the Fourth Pacific Science Congress, as held at Batavia, 1929. Good copy. Scarce.

Keywords: krakatau krakatoa volcanology geology flora fauna science congress colonialism indonesia southeastiasia