Volcanoes of the World (3rd edition)

One of the first lists of volcanoes goes back to Pliny the Elder in 77 CE (two years before his death in the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius!) and since then summaries have been kept on most volcanic eruptions. In 1650 Varenius published a list, notable because even in 1650 it contained representatives of most of the major volcanic regions known today. People have always been intrigued by volcanoes and for more than 40 years scientists at the Smithsonian Institution (Global Volcanism Program GVP) have been documenting volcanic eruptions past and present. The first edition of this book was in...