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Krakatau Journal: An island paradise that can kill you {Gadling}
Sep 2nd 2008 4:39PM The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska (1912) was also larger than Krakatau's.
In terms of volume (in square meters) of tephra erupted:
Tamburo: 1.6 x 10 to the eleventh power
Krakatau: 2.0 x 10 to the tenth
Novarupta: 2.8 x 10 to the tenth
Source:
http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0602-00=&volpage=erupt&format=expanded#E1883520