Overview

Exploring some of the world's eeriest places, Abandoned Islands features American civil war forts, Europe's last leper colony and South Atlantic whaling stations, along with once grand mansions and colonial settlements and churches, and much more. Arranged geographically, the book takes us from New York's East River to islands off Alaska, from a French Napoleonic-era fort off the coast of Normandy to deserted villages on remote Scottish isles, from Venetian sanatoria to Croatian penal colonies, Japanese mining colonies to Sudanese deserted ports and abandoned atolls in the Indian Ocean. Leafing through these pages, the reasons for abandonment are revealed: climate change sealing off fresh water or river channels, shifting economic forces making life too hard, religious conflict, or wars disrupting daily life - or the absence of war rendering a military settlement unnecessary. With more than 180 outstanding colour photographs and fascinating captions, Abandoned Islands is a brilliant pictorial exploration of lost worlds.

Full Product Details

Author:   Claudia Martin
Publisher:   Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:   Amber Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 23.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 30.30cm
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9781838861155

ISBN 10:   1838861157
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   02 June 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction AMERICAS: Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada Attu Island, Alaska, United States Guard Island, Alaska, United States D’Arcy Island, British Columbia, Canada Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada McNabs Island, Nova Scotia, Canada L’Îsle-aux-Marins, St Pierre and Miquelon Caribou Island, Ontario, Canada Turtle Island, Michigan and Ohio, United States Año Nuevo Island, California, United States Alcatraz Island, California, United States Pollepel Island, New York, United States North Brother Island, New York, United States Hart Island, New York, United States Ellis Island, New York, United States Fort Carroll, Maryland, United States Holland Island, Maryland, United States Cumberland Island, Georgia, United States Fort Jefferson, Florida, United States La Isla de las Muñecas, Mexico Devil’s Island, French Guiana Klein Curaçao, Curaçao Gorgona Island, Colombia Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil Lobos de Tierra, Peru Keppel Island, Falkland Islands EUROPE: Dragonera, Balearic Islands, Spain Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway Helgøya, Norway Elliðaey, Iceland Gruinard, Scotland Cara, Scotland Castle Stalker, Scotland Loch an Eilein, Scotland Mingulay, Scotland Shillay, Scotland Scarba, Scotland Hirta, St Kilda, Scotland Devenish, Northern Ireland Great Blasket, Ireland Innisfallen, Ireland Inishmurray, Ireland Skellig Michael, Ireland St Catherine’s, Wales Stack Rock Fort, Wales Thorne Island Fort, Wales Samson, Isles of Scilly, England No Man’s Land Fort, England Cézembre, France Gavrinis, France Île du Large, Îsles St-Marcouf, France Dragonera, Balearic Islands, Spain Gaiola, Italy Isola dei Cappuccini, Sardinia, Italy Isola delle Correnti, Sicily, Italy Torre Scola, Italy Madonna del Monte, Italy Poveglia, Italy Comino, Malta Daksa, Croatia Sveti Grgur, Croatia Sveti Andrija, Croatia Baljenac, Croatia Goli Otok, Croatia Mamula, Montenegro Delos, Greece Spinalonga, Crete, Greece Aniva Lighthouse, Sakhalin, Russia Kolyuchin, Russia Bolshoy Zayatsky, Russia Bolshoy Tyuters, Russia Fort Alexander, Russia MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Gemiler, Turkey Islet on Lake Bafa, Turkey Sedir, Turkey Bunce, Sierra Leone Tigres, Angola St Croix, South Africa Central, Kenya Suakin, Sudan Tiran, Saudi Arabia Chagos Archipelago Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar ASIA & THE PACIFIC: Boyuk Zira, Azerbaijan Middle Ground Coastal Battery, India Ross Island, Andaman Islands, India Houtouwan, Shengshan, China Gajajima, Japan Hashima, Japan Okunoshima, Japan Sarah, Tasmania, Australia Maria, Tasmania, Australia Whitsunday, Australia Nan Madol, Federated States of Micronesia Antipodes Islands, New Zealand Adams Island, New Zealand Enderby, New Zealand Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands Clipperton, France Howland, United States Tetepare, Solomon Islands Deception Island, Antarctica

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Claudia Martin is a travel writer who has contributed to many guide books and magazines. She is also the author of books on history, geography and culture for adults and young people.

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