The maps compare the layout of a town in the Atlantic Ocean before and after a volcanic eruption in 1706.

The maps give a comparison of an Atlantic Ocean town’s layout before and after a 1706 volcanic eruption. Overall, the eruption greatly damaged and reshaped the town’s layout. The two lava flows destroyed the castle and several houses and led to the shutdown of the port. Specifically, before the volcanic eruption in 1706, the town’s […]