Atlas of Remote Islands
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mare Verlag ( ISBN 978-3866481176). 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 was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title ( ISBN 978-0-14311820-6) or as Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will ( ISBN 978-1-84614348-9).
The islands described are:
- Île Amsterdam
- Annobón Province
- Antipodes Islands
- Ascension Island
- Atlasov Island
- Banaba Island
- Bear Island (Norway)
- Bokak Atoll
- Bouvet Island
- Brava, Cape Verde
- Campbell Island, New Zealand
- Christmas Island
- Clipperton Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Cocos Island
- Deception Island
- Diego Garcia
- Easter Island
- Fangataufa
- Floreana Island
- Franklin Island (Antarctica)
- Howland Island
- Iwo Jima
- Laurie Island
- Macquarie Island
- Napuka
- Norfolk Island
- Pagan (island)
- Peter I Island
- Pingelap
- Pitcairn Islands
- Île de la Possession
- Pukapuka
- Raoul Island
- Rapa Iti
- Robinson Crusoe Island
- Rudolf Island
- St. George Island (Alaska)
- Saint Helena
- St Kilda, Scotland
- Île Saint-Paul
- Semisopochnoi Island
- Socorro Island
- Southern Thule
- Takuu Atoll
- Tikopia
- Trindade and Martin Vaz
- Tristan da Cunha
- Tromelin Island
- Uyedineniya Island
References
- ↑ Das schönste deutsche Buch. on: mare online
- ↑ Red Dot Award: Communication Design