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_b.T62 2006
245 0 _aTop islands of the world /
_c[editor, Leizel Brown, Rod Baker].
260 _aLondon :
_bNew Holland,
_cc2006.
300 _a160 p. :
_bcol. ill.
_c31 cm.
520 _a described as "quirky,complex places, rich in their unique blends of history, culture, landscape and wildlife". These islands were chosen because they have the best seas and oceans. Also, it provides information on how these islands were colonized. Some of cited islands like Shetlands
520 _a Isles of Capri, Malta and Jersey known as holiday sites. These considered top islands have interesting succession of visits from people like the traders, whalers, missionaries, fishermen , pirates, slaves, shipwhreck survivors, opportunists and escapists that creates "colorful cast of characters that has laid the cultural bedrock for the many islands".
520 _a Kauai considered as "miniature worlds complete with an incredible dicersity of greenery ranging from mountains and canyons to rainforests and swamps"
520 _a which has a "long procession of gannets and fulmars"
520 _aIt features the top 27 islands of the world
650 _aIslands
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700 _aBrown, Leizel.
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