Atlas of Lost Cities: A Travel Guide to Abandoned and Forsaken Destinations [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

De Tocqueville, Aude

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ISBN 10: 0316352020 ISBN 13: 9780316352024

Casa editrice: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2016

Riassunto

Like humans, cities are mortal. They are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. In Atlas of Lost Cities, Aude de Tocqueville tells the compelling narrative of the rise and fall of such notable places as Pompeii, Teotihuacán, and Angkor. She also details the less well known, including Centralia, an abandoned Pennsylvania town consumed by unquenchable underground fire; Nova Citas de Kilamba in Angola, where housing, schools, and stores were built for 500,000 people that never came; and Epecuen, a tourist town in Argentina now swallowed up by water. Original artwork shows the location of the lost cities, as well as a depiction of how they looked when they thrived.

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Recensione:

"Features well-known lost cities like Pompeii and Angkor, but also explores lesser-known, but similarly majestic places.... Each destination is accompanied by an account of its history and mythology, and a beautifully detailed illustration by Karin Doering-Froger."―Atlas Obscura

"For history buffs, mystery fanatics, and travel junkies alike, The Atlas of Lost Cities is a highly entertaining read filled with stories of the world's forgotten destinations."―GoNomad

"[A] eulogy for ancient and modern cities that fell to crises both man-made and natural. The illustrations depict the cities before their nadir-somewhere between thriving and decimation."―Citylab.com

Descrizione del libro:

The uniquely designed Atlas of Lost Cities details the destinies of 44 once-thriving urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns.

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• Editore: Black Dog & Leventhal
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0316352020
• ISBN 13: 9780316352024
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 144