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Tambora produced global climate shocks

1815-1818 CE · Sumbawa and worldwide atmospheric effects

The 1815 Tambora eruption devastated nearby communities and injected material into the atmosphere, contributing to cooling, crop failures and food crises in distant regions.

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How the setting appeared

Ash, pyroclastic flows and damaged settlements surrounded the volcano while unusual weather affected landscapes far beyond Indonesia.

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How people lived

Local people suffered immediate mass mortality and displacement; distant communities faced high prices, hunger and disease under unequal relief systems.

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How people worked

Farming, transport and food supply were disrupted, forcing migration and emergency adaptation.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Communities interpreted the catastrophe through local religious and moral frameworks, distinct from physical volcanology.

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World-atlas stage: Industrial and colonial age
Region: Southeast Asia · Sumbawa and worldwide atmospheric effects
Languages and scripts: Local Sumbawan languages; Malay varieties; Many languages across affected regions
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: Tambora eruption; Year Without a Summer; Crop failures and food crises
Evidence confidence: High for eruption magnitude and atmospheric effects; the contribution to any one distant crisis requires regional analysis.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-GLOBAL-SMITHSONIAN-TAMBORA

Tambora Volcano Profile and Eruptive History

https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=264040

Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program

CIT-GLOBAL-NASA-TAMBORA

Mount Tambora Volcano, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/mount-tambora-volcano-sumbawa-island-indonesia-39412/

NASA Earth Observatory

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