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The Atlas of Unusual Borders - Discover Intriguing Boundaries, Territories and Geographical Curiosities (Paperback)
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The Atlas of Unusual Borders - Discover Intriguing Boundaries, Territories and Geographical Curiosities (Paperback)
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List price R440
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Discovery Miles 3 600
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A beautifully presented gift for anyone with an intrigue for
geographical curiosities. This beautifully designed book presents
unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent
cities and islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided
and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or
accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world.
Most people believe that a country's borders are clearly defined:
just lines that separate countries. Everything on one side of the
line belongs to one country and everything on the other side
belongs to another country. This might be the case most of the
time, but there are unusual exceptions to this unwritten rule.
Examples include: * Campione d'Italia where Italian residents have
to travel 15km through Switzerland to reach the nearest available
Italian territory * Tomb of Suleyman Shah which is a tiny Turkish
enclave within Syria which was moved closer to Turkey when Lake
Assad was created but still stayed in Syria * Pheasant Island which
for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the
remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye * Canadian
Stanstead and American Beebe Plain where the boundary line runs
along the centre of the main street, so that the houses on one side
of the street are in Canada and on the other in the United States
These and many more instances are captured in this fascinating book
full of strange geographical intrigue. International Cartographic
conference 2021 overall winner of the atlas category and
shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing.
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