Krakatoa tsumami wave 7 musicians The Upper Terrace Avenue

The Upper Terrace Avenue

A street entertainer who appears to be very fat

the British lion sits majestically on British soil

Watling Street and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background

Krakatoa tsumami wave 7 musicians The Upper Terrace AvenueTwo figures showing the passage of the seventh wave generated by the eruption of Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on 27 August 1883. Plate 13 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 XIII. WAVE NO. VII FOURTH PASSAGE FROM KRAKATOA TO THE ANTIPODES.