Tambora’s Rumblings in The Annals of LanXang

Abstract

The Annals of LanXang suggest the sound generated in the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was heard at a distance of about 3,350 km in the middle Mekong basin. This article describes three versions of the Annals of LanXang and the chronology found therein and discusses the two relevant annuals