Atlas of Remote Islands
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| Author | Judith Schalansky |
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| Translator | Christine Lo |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Remote islands |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Publisher | Mare Verlag, Penquin Books |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 2010 |
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| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will (Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln fünfzig Inseln, auf denen ich nie war und niemals sein werde) is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mareverlag (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).). The atlas contains maps of 50 islands chosen by the author with accompanying descriptions of their natural and human histories, often written in a subjective, impressionistic style. It was the winner of the prize for the most beautiful German book of the year in 2009, the German Design Award in 2011, and the Red Dot Design Award in 2011.[1][2] The English translation by Christine Lo was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).) or (in 2012) as Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).[3]
The book is divided in chapters for each ocean, presenting the islands in this order:
- St. Kilda
- Ascension Island
- Brava
- Annobón
- St. Helena
- Trindade
- Bouvet Island
- Tristan da Cunha
- Southern Thule
- Saint Paul Island
- South Keeling Islands
- Possession Island
- Diego Garcia
- Amsterdam Island
- Christmas Island
- Tromelin
- Napuka
- Rapa Iti
- Robinson Crusoe
- Howland Island
- Macquarie Island
- Fangataufa
- Atlasov Island
- Taongi Atoll
- Norfolk Island
- Pukapuka
- Antipodes Islands
- Floreana
- Banaba
- Campbell Island
- Pingelap
- Easter Island
- Pitcairn Island
- Semisopochnoi
- Clipperton Island
- Raoul Island
- Socorro Island
- Iwo Jima
- St. George Island
- Tikopia
- Pagan
- Cocos Island
- Takuu
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Das schönste deutsche Buch. Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine on: mare online
- ^ Red Dot Award: Communication Design
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