An eye-opening book on the world's lost, endangered and vanished sites, from Florida to Scotland
Hidden towns, submerged pirate towns - and the river that disappeared in FOUR DAYS: a fascinating tome explores the world's lost and endangered sights. The Atlas of Disappearing Places was written by cultural commentator Travis Elborough. what is dear to us'His journey to the lost and missing includes stops in Florida, Scotland, Peru, Jordan and Canada...
AdvertisementYou are invited on a journey across every continent to every corner of the world in search of the lost , vanishing and vanishing.
Your guide is author and cultural commentator Travis Elborough, who in Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds As They Were And As They Are Today () - with the help of fascinating maps by Martin Brown - explores not only how the world looks today, but what it once looked like. Elborough lists natural wonders that are shrinking at an alarming rate, from the Congo Basin rainforest to the Everglades and the Dead Sea, and threatened man-made worlds, from Skara Brae in Orkney to the vast ancient city of Chan Chan in northwest Peru. There's also the river in Canada that disappeared in four days - and the submerged pirate town in the Caribbean.
In the foreword to the book, Elborough writes: "[The book] is a reminder of the mutability of existence, but also a call to the urgency of preserving what is dear to us for generations to come. The book covers 37 locations - scroll down for a taste of the tome's intriguing inspections…
Chan Chan, Peru
You are invited on a journey across every continent to every corner of the world in search of the lost , vanishing and vanishing.
Your guide is author and cultural commentator Travis Elborough, who in Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds As They Were And As They Are Today () - with the help of fascinating maps by Martin Brown - explores not only how the world looks today, but what it once looked like. Elborough lists natural wonders that are shrinking at an alarming rate, from the Congo Basin rainforest to the Everglades and the Dead Sea, and threatened man-made worlds, from Skara Brae in Orkney to the vast ancient city of Chan Chan in northwest Peru. There's also the river in Canada that disappeared in four days - and the submerged pirate town in the Caribbean.
In the foreword to the book, Elborough writes: "[The book] is a reminder of the mutability of existence, but also a call to the urgency of preserving what is dear to us for generations to come. The book covers 37 locations - scroll down for a taste of the tome's intriguing inspections…
Chan Chan, Peru
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