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Atlas of Geographical Curiosities

Door Vitali Vitaliev

Categorie
Algemeen Landen & Volkeren
Boeknummer
#414815-WB32
Titel
Atlas of Geographical Curiosities
Auteur
Vitaliev, Vitali
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Versailles : Jonglez
Jaar van uitgave
2022
ISBN10
236195530X
ISBN13
9782361955304
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour and b/w, small maps, 4to.
Samenvatting
Countries that do not really exist, the world's only town that lies entirely underground, a UK hotel room which became Yugoslavian for one day only, an island which is Spanish for six months of the year and French for the other six, a city which is officially constituted by one single skyscraper, the world's first and only railway that belonged to one country and ran across another, a hotel room whose bedroom is in France and whose bathroom is in Switzerland, Bir Tawil which is one of the very few territories on earth not claimed by any country, the only place in the world where you can find so-called counter-enclaves and where in a 20-minute walk around the village you can cross an international border over 50 times at 50 different points ... The world is full of very little-known geograp... (Lees verder)hical anomalies that are, or have often been, a source of diplomatic and/or military struggles. Many still exist under the radar, and are, or could become, the source of a major international crisis.
Pagina's
157
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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