Travel

Translated from the French by Patricia Clancy, double-page map, notes and bibliography, xii & 177 pp, blue boards in d/w, in near fine condition, Harvill Press 2001

20.9 x 14 cm, 420g, ISBN 1 86046 926 4

That is, the Kerguelen Islands, in the southern Indian Ocean, only discovered in 1772.  They are among the most remote places in the world, being over 2,500 miles from the nearest populated location.

See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap and the short extract from the book from the rear of the dustwrapper.

Now out of print.