First published in Penguin Books 2010. Translated from German by Christine Lo. Text and illustrations by the author. 144 pp. Size 10.5" by 7.5" by 0.5". Issued without dust jacket.
This book is one of the most fascinating cartographic design books I have ever seen. The format includes an 18-page essay by the author on her love of geography and cartography and of her fascination with the remote places of the planet, followed by a one-page description of the history and a one-page expertly-designed map of each island in its complete remoteness. The islands range the planet from the Arctic to the Antarctic: from Semisopochnoi in the US Aleutians (which I saw from the deck of the USS Princeton LPH-5 in the late months of 1969) to Howland Island in the Phoenix Islands, in the middle of the Pacific, the last known location of Amelia Earhart; from St. Helena in the South Atlantic, the final prison of Napoleon Bonaparte, to St. Kilda in the North Atlantic, the desolate scene of Hammond Innes' novel "Atlantic Fury"; and 46 others. Index of geographic place names in many languages.
This book is one of the most fascinating cartographic design books I have ever seen. The format includes an 18-page essay by the author on her love of geography and cartography and of her fascination with the remote places of the planet, followed by a one-page description of the history and a one-page expertly-designed map of each island in its complete remoteness. The islands range the planet from the Arctic to the Antarctic: from Semisopochnoi in the US Aleutians (which I saw from the deck of the USS Princeton LPH-5 in the late months of 1969) to Howland Island in the Phoenix Islands, in the middle of the Pacific, the last known location of Amelia Earhart; from St. Helena in the South Atlantic, the final prison of Napoleon Bonaparte, to St. Kilda in the North Atlantic, the desolate scene of Hammond Innes' novel "Atlantic Fury"; and 46 others. Index of geographic place names in many languages.
