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Atlas of vanishing places : the lost worlds as they were and as they are today / Travis Elborough ; maps by Martin Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elborough, Travis, author.
- Series:
- Unexpected Atlases Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinct cities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, United Kingdom : White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019.
- Summary:
- Maps offer us a chance to see not just how our world looks today, and how it once looked. But what about the places that have vanished from modern atlases? With beautiful maps and stunning photography, Travis Elborough takes you on a voyage to all corners of the world in search of the lost, disappearing and vanished.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- ANCIENT CITIES
- MOHENJO-DARO: PAKISTAN
- HATTUSA: TURKEY
- LEPTIS MAGNA: LIBYA
- XANADU: MONGOLIA/CHINA
- CIUDAD PERDIDA: COLOMBIA
- MAHABALIPURAM: INDIA
- PALENQUE: MEXICO
- HELIKE: GREECE
- PETRA: JORDAN
- TIMGAD: ALGERIA
- ALEXANDRIA: EGYPT
- FORGOTTEN LANDS
- CHAN CHAN: PERU
- ROANOKE: NORTH CAROLINA, USA
- THE MOSQUE CITY OF BAGERHAT: BANGLADESH
- RIVER FLEET: LONDON, UK
- LION CITY: CHINA
- OLD ADAMINABY: AUSTRALIA
- PORT ROYAL: JAMAICA
- ESANBEHANAKITAKOJIMA: JAPAN
- THE LOST SEA: CRAIGHEAD CAVERNS, TENNESSEE, USA
- BODIE: CALIFORNIA, USA
- FLAGSTAFF: MAINE, USA
- SHRINKING PLACES
- RIVER DANUBE: EUROPE
- THE DEAD SEA: JORDAN/ISRAEL
- SLIMS RIVER: YUKON, CANADA
- SKIPSEA: YORKSHIRE, UK
- THE EVERGLADES: FLORIDA, USA
- THREATENED WORLDS
- GLACIER NATIONAL PARK: MONTANA, USA
- CHIHUAHUAN DESERT: MEXICO/USA
- TIMBUKTU: MALI
- SKARA BRAE: ORKNEY
- YAMUNA RIVER: INDIA
- VENICE: ITALY
- THE CONGO BASIN RAINFOREST: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
- THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: AUSTRALIA
- THE GREAT WALL: CHINA
- TUVALU: SOUTH PACIFIC
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PICTURE CREDITS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78131-896-4
- OCLC:
- 1113932473
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