The Shock of Meeting with the Modern World: The Story of the Inhabitants of an Isolated Island, Driven Away by a Volcanic Eruption
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After a volcano erupted on the small island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, the 264 inhabitants were in the UK, and contact with modern life was a shock to them. Soon after...
In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, halfway between South Africa and Brazil, Tristan da Cunha, considered to be the most isolated island in the world, had lived an extremely simple life until the autumn of 1961, the 264 communities had been guided exclusively by agriculture and fishing. They had not seen in their lives cars, buildings with more than one floor, televisions and no use of money, the food being obtained through their own work…
The sudden eruption of a volcano on October 10, 1961 forced the 264 inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha, the most remote ...
Tristan da Cunha is one of the most isolated inhabited islands in the world, located almost 3,000 kilometers from any other inhabited territory and accessible only after a 7-day trip by boat. This isolation was abruptly interrupted on October 10, 1961.
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