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Atlas of lost cities, a travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations, Aude de Tocqueville ; illustrations, Karin Doering-Froger

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Atlas of lost cities, a travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations, Aude de Tocqueville ; illustrations, Karin Doering-Froger

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Atlas of lost cities

Oclc number

917343789

Responsibility statement

Aude de Tocqueville ; illustrations, Karin Doering-Froger

Sub title

a travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations

Summary

Like humans, cities are mortal - they are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. Aude de Tocqueville details the destinies of 44 once-vibrant urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns

Table Of Contents

Africa. Antinoë, Egypt ; Carthage, Tunisia ; Djémila, Algeria ; Kolmannskuppe, Namibia ; Leptis Magna, Libya ; Nova Cidade de Kilamba, Angola -- America. Bannack, United States ; Calico, United States ; Centralia, United States ; Epecuén, Argentina ; Gagnon, Canada ; Humberstone, Chile ; Pulacayo, Bolivia ; Rhyolite, United States ; Teotihuacán, Mexico ; Tikal, Guatemala ; Vilcabamba, Peru -- Asia. Agdam, Azerbaijan ; Angkor, Cambodia ; Babylon, Iraq ; Bam, Iran ; Fatehpur Sikri, India ; Hattusa, Turkey ; Hiroshima, Japan ; Hashima, Japan ; Kadykchan, Russia ; Kantubek, Uzbekistan ; Kayaköy, Turkey ; Lothal, India ; Mandu, India ; Mari, Syria ; Ma'rib, Yemen ; Masada, Israel ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Shi Cheng, China -- Europe. Balestrino, Italy ; Colesbukta, Norway ; Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France ; Pompeii, Italy ; Prora, Germany ; Pripyat, Ukraine -- Seseña, Spain ; Varosha, Cyprus

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Travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations

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