Title:
Islands beyond the horizon : the life of twenty of the world's most remote places / Roger Lovegrove.
Author:
Lovegrove, Roger, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press, 2015.
©2015.
Call Number:
QH541.5.I8 L68 2015
Abstract:
"Profiles twenty remote islands, detailing the history, the wildlife, and the plants of each and discussing the impact of mankind,"--Novelist.
ISBN:
9780198727576
Physical Description:
xiv, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
General Note:
First published: 2012.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. Wrangel Island -- 2. Chinijo Archipelago -- 3. Jan Mayen -- 4. Mykines -- 5. Guam -- 6. San Blas Islands -- 7. Ascension Island -- 8. Fernando de Noronha -- 9. Mingulay -- 10. Pico in the Azores -- 11. Tristan da Cunha -- 12. Vigur -- 13. St Kilda -- 14. South Georgia -- 15. Halfmoon Island -- 16. Great Skellig -- 17. Ille aux Aigrettes -- 18. Solovetski Islands -- 19. St Peter and St Paul Rocks -- 20. Tuamotu Archipelago -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Scientific names of species -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Personal Author:
