This art book explores the forces of nature through Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, featuring a collection of unique images, engravings, maps, and diagrams. It serves as a sequel to 'The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters', addressing various natural disasters and their impacts throughout history, divided into three insightful parts.
This book focuses on the presentation and evaluation of geological maps of the Central Europe from 1750 up to 1840. Milestones in presentation of stratigraphy and tectonics and new geological models on such maps will be underlined. Map descriptions contain fundamentals editorial data as well as the map author’s affiliation and biographies. It represents for the region of the Central Europe the first work of this type. Geological maps represent geological synthesis and indicate the level of geological knowledge throughout history. They serve as guidelines for an economic utilization of mineral deposits and further geological investigation.