The Atlas of Unusual Borders: Discover Intriguing Boundaries, Territories and Geographical Curiosities...

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Zoran Nikolic

The Atlas of Unusual Borders

Discover Intriguing Boundaries, Territories and Geographical Curiosities

Zoran Nikolic

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HARPER360
13 December 2019

World atlases & world maps; History; Political geography

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.

By: Zoran Nikolic
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780008351779
ISBN 10: 0008351775
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 13 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in an area of constant political change in what was once Yugoslavia and is now Serbia. Zoran Nikolic saw the impact political change had on people's daily lives. This interest in geography extended outside Eastern Europe and became a lifetime fascination with borders and political geography.