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Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
Cover of Atlas
Author
Judith Schalansky
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
Awards
Most Beautiful German Book of the Year (2009)
German Design Award(2011)
Red Dot Design Award(2011)
ISBN
978-0-14311820-6
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 by Christine Lo was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title (ISBN 978-0-14311820-6) or (in 2012) as Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will (ISBN 978-1-84614348-9).[3]
The book is divided in chapters for each ocean, presenting the islands in this order:
Arctic Ocean
Bear Island (Norway)
Rudolf Island
Uyedineniya Island
Atlantic Ocean
Annobón Province
Ascension Island
Bouvet Island
Brava, Cape Verde
Saint Helena
Southern Thule
St Kilda, Scotland
Trindade and Martin Vaz
Tristan da Cunha
Indian Ocean
Christmas Island
Diego Garcia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Île Amsterdam
Île de la Possession
Île Saint-Paul
Tromelin Island
Pacific Ocean
Antipodes Islands
Atlasov Island
Banaba Island
Bokak Atoll
Campbell Island, New Zealand
Clipperton Island
Cocos Island
Easter Island
Fangataufa
Floreana Island
Howland Island
Iwo Jima
Macquarie Island
Napuka
Norfolk Island
Pagan (island)
Pingelap
Pitcairn Islands
Pukapuka
Raoul Island
Rapa Iti
Robinson Crusoe Island
St. George Island (Alaska)
Semisopochnoi Island
Socorro Island
Takuu Atoll
Tikopia
Southern Ocean
Deception Island
Franklin Island (Antarctica)
Laurie Island
Peter I Island
^Das schönste deutsche Buch. Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine on: mare online
^Red Dot Award: Communication Design
^Stein, Sadie (8 January 2016). "Review of Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will by Judith Schalansky, trans. by Christine Lo". The Paris Review (theparisreview.org).
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