An atlas of countries that don't exist A compendium of fifty unrecognized and largely unnoticed states

Nick Middleton

Maps - 2017

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Subjects
Genres
World atlases
Atlases
Maps
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books LLC [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Nick Middleton (cartographer)
Item Description
"First published in the United States in 2017 by Chronicle Books LLC--First published in the UK in 2015 by Macmillan, a division of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso.
"Copyright (c) 2015, 2017 by Nick Middleton"--Title page verso.
"This atlas presents fifty of these wannabe nation states. Each has its own flag and legitimate claim to some territory but, for a variety of reasons, none has quite made the grade, to join the exclusive club of internationally recognized countries"--Introduction.
Physical Description
1 atlas, (232 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781452158686
  • Map symbols
  • Introduction
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • North America
  • South America
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Elsewhere
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the author.
  • Map symbols
  • Introduction
  • Europe. Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin, Mannin) ; Circassia ; Christiania ; Northern Cyprus ; Moresnet ; Forvik (Forewick Holm) ; Abkhazia ; Catalonia ; Seborga ; Transnistria ; Ruthenia ; Sealand ; Crimea
  • Africa. Somaliland ; Mayotte ; Azawad ; Cabinda ; Ogoniland ; Barotseland ; Pontinha ; Sahrawi (Western Sahara)
  • North America. Lakotah ; Redonda ; Dinetah ; Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) ; Lubicon ; Moskitia
  • South America. Mapuche ; Raa Nui
  • Asia. Ahwaz (Arabistan, Khuzestan) ; Akhzivland ; Balochistan ; Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands) ; Nagalim ; Sikkim ; Taiwan (Republic of China) ; Tibet ; Tuva ; Ryukyu (Okinawa) ; Moroc-Songhrati-Meads (Spratly Islands) ; Bangsamoro
  • Oceania. West Papua ; Minerva ; Murrawarri ; Vemerana ; Hutt River
  • Elsewhere. Atlantium ; Antarctica ; United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA); Elgaland-Vargaland.
Review by Library Journal Review

The introduction to Middleton's attractive work describes the difficulty of deciding what is and is not a country. The geography professor (St. Anne's Coll., Oxford Univ.) and documentary producer recognizes that the entities presented here are among a larger group with ambitions to nationhood, but these are the 50 that meet his rule of not securing a seat at the UN General Assembly while having "outward trappings of national consciousness" such as a government and a flag. The main body of this trade-size atlas chronicles places by continent, offering fast facts such as the entity's date of declaration, capital, and population. The entries also provide alternate names for the place, if any, and describe its situation-Transnistria, for example, is a "separatist region of Moldova, often portrayed in the West as a hotbed of crime and Stalinism." There are several three-color maps for each entry, illustrating the place in question, major features, and regional position. A spread of narrative that follows describes history and political geography. VERDICT This is an engaging browse for YA and adult amateur geography enthusiasts; the lack of an index and detail in the maps, however, makes it unsuitable for academic use.--Henrietta Verma, National -Information Standards Organization, Baltimore © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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