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In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...

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From glacier-fringed archipelagos to palm-lined atolls, islands come in every imaginable shape and size. But when it comes to sheer numbers of islands, not every country is created equal. The nations ...

This category of the World’s Best Awards, covering more than half of the Americas, is so culturally and ecologically diverse that its islands are almost impossible to compare. But there seems to be a ...

Canada has the longest coastline in the world, and along its coastal regions lie more than 50,000 islands, with a few spectacular examples that stand out. In this year’s World’s Best Awards survey, ...