This is a reference to over 50 of the last truly wild places of the planet. The book contains an 11-page gazetteer which provides insights into more than 80 other wild places, including officially recognized World Heritage Sites and Wilderness Areas. Illustrated features consider the human dimension and the interaction between indigenous peoples and nature. Locator maps direct the reader to each area, and specially designed "eco-diagrams" reveal the interlocking factors that shape the terrain and climate of a particular region. Photography and explanatory side-boxes identify the hardy animals and plants that have adapted to the wilderness. The atlas offers the ecologically-minded world traveller a chance to discover the diversity of nature's untouched realms. Readers traverse the globe through seven chapters that capture more than 40 wilderness zones in photographs and descriptive essays. There is coverage of habitats as forbidding as the Tibesti Mountains deep in Africa's Sahara Desert, or the peaks and plateaux of Tadzhikistan's Pamirs. There are places as rarefied as the rainforest at the tip of Australia's Cape York or Georgia's primeval Okefenokee Swamp.

 

This book is part of a book series called Marshall Travel Atlas .

There are 240 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1997 by Marshall Editions .

Roger Few received an honours degree in Geography from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Environmental Geography from Leicester University. He has worked for many years as an author, specialising in interpreting environmental issues into accessible books for children. Published books include: DK MILLENNIUM ENCYCLOPEDIA - Dorling Kindersley 1999 (Natural history contributor) THE ATLAS OF WILD PLACES - Marshall Editions 1994 ENDANGERED ANIMAL ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN - Marshall Editions 1992 CARING FOR THE EARTH: A STRATEGY FOR SURVIVAL - Mitchell Beazley 1994 WILDLIFE HABITATS OF THE WORLD - Orbis 1990