Atlas of the Unexpected (eBook)

Haphazard Discoveries, Chance Places and Unimaginable Destinations

Travis Elborough (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
208 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78131-839-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A journey to forty-five unexpected destinations near and far, with quirky histories, beautiful maps, and evocative photography: "e;First-class armchair travel."e; -South China Morning PostA New Statesman Best Book of the YearTake an armchair voyage to places both infamous and unknown that have, often by chance or by haphazard means, been destinations of discovery that shaped our world. Set foot on the aptly named Just Enough Room Island. Chart the royal romance that led shipwrecked lovers to discover the purple rock of Madeira. Learn about the surprising origins of Vaseline. Follow in the footsteps of a stray goat who led its keeper to uncover lost ancient biblical scrolls. These are the world's most wondrous, improbable, and-most of all-unexpected places, presented by a cultural historian and winner of an Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award."e;Elborough writes about a wide range of subjects with originality, learning and charm. Atlas of the Unexpected . . . is seductively beautiful: an inspiring, dream-inducing guide."e; -New StatesmanPraise for the Unexpected Atlas series"e;Engrossing."e; -The Observer"e;Understatedly expressive."e; -The New York Times"e;A delightful compendium."e; -The Daily Telegraph

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Unexpected Atlases
• Illustrationen: Martin Brown
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Adventure • ancient cities • astounding discoveries • Atlas • Atlas Obscura • atlas of remote islands • Atlas of Untamed Places, Atlas of Improbable Places • Atlas of Vanishing Places • beyond maps and atlases • books about mapping • books about maps • Cartography • Charting • connectography • Curiosity • dead cities • disappearing island • Discoveries • Discovery • Exploring • famous discoveries • Far-off lands • floating islands • floating landmasses • Forgotten Cities • forgotten places • future mapping • future of mapping • Geographical • Geography • global civilisation • Global Civilization • Google Earth • gutterspaces • hidden geographies • hidden kingdoms • hidden locations • hidden places • History • history of places • Illustrated • improbable places • Inspiration • Invisible Cities • land and geography • Locations • Lost Cities • map books • mapping • mapping the future • Maps • maps and geography • Modern maps • modern world • mysterious places • NATURAL • natural world • Nature • Non-fiction • Non-Places • obscure • obscure discoveries • off the map • off the map places • places that dont exist • Planet • pycho-geography • quirky atlas • Religion • remote islands • secret wonders • Shipwreck • Social History • Sociology • Strange • strange places • strange worlds • top off the map places • Travel • Travis Elborough • unexpected Atlas series • unexpected places • unimaginable locations • uninhabited places • Unruly • unruly places • Urban Centres • Urban Explorers • Weird • weird places • Wild • Wilderness • wildest • wild places • world's most unusual corners • World Tour • zones
• ISBN-10: 1-78131-839-5 / 1781318395
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78131-839-3 / 9781781318393