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Atlas of remote islands : fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will / Judith Schalansky ; translated from the German by Christine Lo.

Title
Atlas of remote islands : fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will / Judith Schalansky ; translated from the German by Christine Lo.
Author
Schalansky, Judith, 1980-
Publication
New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

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Description
143 p. : maps, ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
For each island, this book provides information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore.
Uniform Title
Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln. English
Alternative Title
Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln.
Subject
  • Islands > Description and travel
  • Islands > Maps
  • Islands
  • Bear Island (Norway)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Saint Kilda (Scotland)
  • Ascension
  • Brava (Cabo Verde)
  • Annobón (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Saint Helena
  • Trindade Island (Brazil)
  • Bouvet Island
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises)
  • Crozet Islands
  • Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)
  • Amsterdam Island (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises)
  • Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
  • Tromelin Island
  • Rapa (French Polynesia)
  • Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández Islands)
  • Howland Island
  • Macquarie Island (Tas.)
  • Fangataufa Atoll (French Polynesia)
  • Norfolk Island
  • Pukapuka Atoll (Cook Islands)
  • Caroline Islands
  • Antipodes Island (N.Z.)
  • Santa María Island (Galapagos Islands)
  • Banaba (Kiribati)
  • Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku (N.Z.)
  • Easter Island
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Rat Islands (Alaska)
  • Clipperton Island
  • Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)
  • El Socorro (Canary Islands)
  • Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
  • Pribilof Islands (Alaska)
  • Tikopia (Solomon Islands)
  • Pagan Island (Northern Mariana Islands)
  • Cocos Island (Costa Rica)
  • Tauu Islands (Papua New Guinea)
  • Laurie Island (South Orkney Islands)
  • Deception Island (Antarctica)
  • Antarctica
Genre/Form
  • Atlases
  • Maps
Note
  • Originally published in German as: Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln--T.p. verso.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface: Paradise is an island. So is hell -- Arctic Ocean -- Atlantic Ocean -- Indian Ocean -- Pacific Ocean -- Antarctic Ocean.
ISBN
  • 9780143118206 :
  • 014311820X :
OCLC
  • 515457193
  • SCSB-12472809
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library