Publisher's blurb: This is a collection of 1001 islands of all shapes and sizes. They range from tiny atolls only a few acres in size to mountainous islands measuring hundreds of square miles. They might have only sand and a few palm trees, or active volcanoes, high waterfalls, and native villages. There are castaways, treasure hunters, and, yes, pirates to be found there, not to mention the occasional giant crocodile, or giant ape.