Zjawiska atmosferyczne, elementy meteorologiczne i klęski żywiołowe na Litwie w latach 1697–1763 w wybranych źródłach narracyjnych
Atmospheric phenomena, meteorological elements and natural disasters in Lithuania in years 1697–1763 in some narrative sources

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns on the question of meteorological phenomena and their consiquences, such as hydrological phenomena and natural disasters, on the territory of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania in the years 1697-1763 through the prism of narrative sources. Author analyzed the problems of everyday life in terms of weather phenomena. He also mentioned about the way of naming these normal and abnormal wather cirumstances. Moreover, in the article were described natural disasters on the Lithuania such as floods, famine, conflagrations, locust infestations, epidemics of infectious diseases. References used by author in the process of writing this article relate mainly to observations recorded during the journey. Some of them also describe the conditions which had facilitating or impeding impact on travelling and leisure. Some sources relate to economic issues.

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