100 Great Islands of the World

Undoubtedly, islands are great creations of nature, but it is man who makes them truly great. And not only makes them so, but also considers them as such.
Which island is the greatest? The English will name Great Britain. The Japanese... will say, «Honshu!» The Indonesians: «Sumatra! Borneo!» They will say this because they live there. Just as New Yorkers will exclaim: «Manhattan!», and St. Petersburg residents: «Vasilievsky!» What islands will a volcanologist call great? Certainly, Santorini and Krakatoa. A Russian historian will recall Sakhalin or the mysterious Sannikov Land, while a French historian will think of Elba or Saint Helena.
The book tells about the hundred most famous islands, renowned not only for their natural beauty but also for their rich history.