Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands

<b>A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning <i>Atlas of Remote Islands</i></b><br><br><i>The Atlas of Remote Islands</i> Judith Schalansky&#146;s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard she creates a story around each island: fantastical inscrutable stories mixtures of fact and imagination that produce worlds for the reader to explore.<br><br>Gorgeously illustrated and with new vibrant colors for the <i>Pocket </i>edition the atlas shows all fifty islands on the same scale in order of the oceans they are found. Schalansky lures us to fifty remote destinations&#151;from Tristan da Cunha to Clipperton Atoll from Christmas Island to Easter Island&#151;and proves that the most adventurous journeys still take place in the mind with one finger pointing at a map.