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Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations

By Olivier Le Carrer

Book information

Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN
9780316353519
ASIN
B012OS1K6I
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
87 MB (90787159 bytes)
Pages
141\0
Topic
History
Time added
2017-07-09 17:23:46
Historical GeographyHistorical StudyHistoryNonfictionReferenceSpecialty TravelTourist Destinations & MuseumsTravelWorld

Description

Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous and frightful places, complete with vintage maps and period illustrations in a handsome volume. This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; Kasanka National Park in Zambia, where 8 million migrating bats darken the skies; the Nevada Triangle in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where hundreds of aircraft have disappeared; and Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji in Japan, the world's second most popular suicide location following the Golden Gate Bridge.

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