by Edite · Edite · tapa blanda · ISBN 5602227302148
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«1755 - Grande Terramoto de Lisboa» is Edite's historical essay on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, in paperback (in Portuguese).
The book brings together descriptions of the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, a natural disaster of great importance in European history, and analyses its social, political and architectural repercussions on the Portuguese capital. It also shows how the event drove the first scientific observations and the subsequent emergence of modern seismology.
The cover identifies this copy as volume I, with the subtitle «Descrições».
Suitable for readers interested in the history of Portugal and in major natural disasters and the origins of seismology.
