Author: ALASTAIR BONNETT
Title: Off the Map. Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World
Description: Aurum Press. Paperback. Pp: 310. At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite`s remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it`s hard to imagine there`s any uncharted ground left on the planet. In 'Off the Map', Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical imagination.nBonnett`s remarkable tour includes moving villages, secret cities, no man`s lands, and floating islands. He explores places as disorienting as Sandy Island, an island included on maps until just two years ago despite the fact that it never existed. Or Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and crowning his wife as a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where walking from the grocery store`s produce section to the meat counter can involve crossing national borders.nAn intrepid guide down the road much less traveled, Bonnett reveals that the most extraordinary places on earth might be hidden in plain sight, just around the corner from your apartment or underfoot on a wooded path. Perfect for urban explorers, wilderness ramblers, and armchair travelers struck by wanderlust, 'Off the Map' will change the way you see the places you inhabit. ISBN: 9781781313619. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9781781313619
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Title: Off the Map. Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World
Description: Aurum Press. Paperback. Pp: 310. At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite`s remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it`s hard to imagine there`s any uncharted ground left on the planet. In 'Off the Map', Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical imagination.nBonnett`s remarkable tour includes moving villages, secret cities, no man`s lands, and floating islands. He explores places as disorienting as Sandy Island, an island included on maps until just two years ago despite the fact that it never existed. Or Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and crowning his wife as a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where walking from the grocery store`s produce section to the meat counter can involve crossing national borders.nAn intrepid guide down the road much less traveled, Bonnett reveals that the most extraordinary places on earth might be hidden in plain sight, just around the corner from your apartment or underfoot on a wooded path. Perfect for urban explorers, wilderness ramblers, and armchair travelers struck by wanderlust, 'Off the Map' will change the way you see the places you inhabit. ISBN: 9781781313619. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9781781313619
Price: EUR 9.95 = appr. US$ 10.81 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1572913
- Book number: 1572913
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