Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will.

Description

143pp. hardbound with texts and numerous coloured maps. ISBN: 978-0-14-311820-6.

English translation. Originally published in German as ‘Atlas de abegelegenen Inseln’ by Mareverlag, Hamburg.

In this atlas, Judith Schalansky takes us on a journey to fifty far-flung worlds – from Tristan de Cunha to Clipperton-Atoll, from Chrsitmas Island to Easter Island – telling stories of stranded slaves and lonely naturalists, aberrant explorers and weathered lighthouse keepers, forgotten ships and mutinous sailors. Armchair explorers who undertake this epic journey will find themselves in places that exist in reality, but may only be found in the imagination. [back cover]