View of Krakatoa May Eruption

Landscape of the Krakatoa volcano on 27 May 1883 showing plumes of ejected material and ash falls. Krakatoa , the island in the Sunda Strait , Indonesia , erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883. Plate 1 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 I. View of Krakatoa during the Earlier Stage of the Eruption. from a Photograph taken on Sunday the 27th of May, 1883. Parker & Coward, lith. West, Newman & Co. imp.’