Islands beyond the horizon [[electronic resource] ] : the life of twenty of the world's most remote places / / Roger Lovegrove

• Autore: Lovegrove Roger
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.52
• Soggetto topico: Islands
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 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. Ile aux Aigrettes; 18. Solovetski Islands; 19. St Peter and St Paul Rocks; 20. Tuamotu Archipelago; Epilogue; Appendix: Scientific names of species; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L ; MN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known; they range from the storm-bound island of South Georgia and the ice-locked Arctic island of Wrangel to the wind-swept, wave-lashed Mykines and St Kilda. The range is diverse and spectacular; and whether distant, offshore, inhabited, uninhabited, tropical or polar, each is a unique self-contained habitat with a delicately-balance
• Titolo autorizzato: Islands beyond the horizon
• ISBN: 0-19-165190-7; 1-283-64394-4; 0-19-165189-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826173503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II