The most complete eyewitness account was written by the Reverend Charles Davy while the best contemporary pictorial representations of this event are the Le Bas series of engravings.
The most complete eyewitness account was written by the Reverend Charles Davy while the best contemporary pictorial representations of this event are the Le Bas series of engravings. Mequinez was heavily hit although it occurred in the Atlantic Ocean, 200 km from Cape St. Vincent. Most of the victims died from the spread of cooking fires as well as from the three tsunamis that swept up the Tagus. Taking place at 9:40 a.m. on All Souls Day, 1755, it vitiated an extensive correspondence between Rousseau and Voltaire. FTP, name this Portuguese disaster.
The most complete eyewitness account was written by the Reverend Charles Davy while the best contemporary pictorial representations of this event are the Le Bas series of engravings.
the Great {Lisbon Earthquake}