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Archipelago: An Atlas of Imagined Islands

Hardback

Main Details

Title Archipelago: An Atlas of Imagined Islands
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Huw Lewis-Jones
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 260,Width 200
Category/GenreAnimals and nature in art (still life, landscapes and seascapes, etc)
ISBN/Barcode 9780500022566
ClassificationsDewey:704.9436142
Audience
General
Illustrations 91 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 19 September 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A new atlas of imaginary islands conjured up by an international gathering of illustrators, including work by Coralie Bickford-Smith, Bill Bragg, Marion Deuchars, Chris Riddell, Maisie Paradise Shearring, Herve Tullet, Ausra Kiudulaite and more. Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about islands that is so alluring, and why do so many people find these self-contained worlds completely irresistible? Utopia and Atlantis were islands, and islands have captured the imaginations of writers and artists for centuries. Venetian sailors were the first to make collections of them by drawing maps of those they visited in their isolari - literally the 'island books'. Then in 1719 Daniel Defoe published his tale of a castaway on a desert island, Robinson Crusoe, one of the first great novels in the history of literature and an instant bestseller. Defoe's tale combined the real and the imagined and transformed them into a compelling creative landscape, establishing a whole literary genre and unleashing the power of an island for storytelling. To celebrate the tercentenary of Robinson Crusoe's publication, a truly international range of leading illustrators imagine they too have been washed up on their own remote island. In a specially created map they visualize what it looks like, what it's called and what can be found on its mythical shores. In a panoply of astonishingly creative and often surprising responses, we are invited to explore a curious and fabulous archipelago of islands of invention that will beguile illustrators, cartographers and dreamers alike.

Author Biography

Huw Lewis-Jones is a historian of exploration with a PhD from Cambridge who travels in the Arctic and Antarctica each year as a polar guide. His books include The Conquest of Everest, which won the History Award at the Banff Mountain Festival, The Sea Journal, Explorers' Sketchbooks (with Kari Herbert) and The Writer's Map, which won 'Photography & Illustrated Travel Book of the Year 2018' at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.