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The Original Guide to Micronesia
As the author of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions of this handbook, I'm very familiar with the subject matter and am pleased to see how Neil Levy has developed and improved the guide. All 70 maps are now computer-generated and printed in two colors. Neil has broadened the scope to include moreinformation on the upscale facilities, while expanding the ecologicaldiscussions. As a companion to my own guide Moon Handbooks South Pacific it's unmatched,and I recommend it to both travelers and serious students of Micronesia. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Travel    3. Travel - Foreign    4. Travel Guides    5. ASIA    6. Guidebooks    7. Micronesia    8. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Micronesia    6. Polynesia    7. Travel & holiday guides   

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"it deserves little credit as a scholarly undertaking"
"the second edition of Karolle's ATLAS OF MICRONESIA...is better produced than the first edition... The tragedy is that it could have been so much better with only a little more effort... The text cries out for good editing... With good editing the text probably could have been condensed by about a third... As in the first edition, the section on climate and weather comes long after that on physical geography, an anachronism that necessarily detracts from the understanding of intervening sections... [Karolle's atlas] is overly concerned with minutiae and irrelevancies... There are many errors in the book... There are many curious phrases that may confuse readers...There are still other places where the facts are dated... Sections of the book are dull and ponderous... In reviewing the first edition of the ATLAS OF MICRONESIA, Connell hoped that the second edition would be definitive. Sadly to report it is not--indeed many deficiencies of the first edition remain. Although this volume will undoubtedly become widely used throughout Micronesia, it deserves little credit as a scholarly undertaking." [excerpted from review by Patrick Nunn. In: ISLA: Journal of Micronesian Studies, Vol. 2(2):325-330, 1994] ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Maps    3. Micronesia    4. Reference   

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Great info, Maps, & Pics
Wasn't sure what to expect when ordering, but am very happy with the purchase.The maps are great! I have lived in Guam & find that the info in the book is very helpful.I'm still learning my way around the dive world here & now know where some of these places are that people are talking about.It has also helped plan our next dive trip to other islands.Great info on Palau, Chuuk, & Yap.So much to see & so little time!!!

Excellent Book
One of the most informative books about diving in the Pacific , next to Tim Rocks lonely planet guides for diving and snorkelling in Micronesia this is the best , only this one accomodates all the islands in one book meanwhile lonely planet is done over three books .
the best dive book ever
I don't know that I've ever read a better dive book or travel guide.The author covers every minute detail, and somehow, it still reads well--a fascinating and well-treated subject.David Leonard shows great wit and a solid knowledge of his subject.Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    2. Reference - General    3. Scuba & Snorkeling    4. Travel    5. Travel - Foreign    6. Micronesia    7. Sub-aqua swimming    8. Travel & holiday guides   

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Only Useful as an Overview
This map will only be useful to you if you don't have any other basic resources, like a general world atlas or travel guides, at home.
amazing map
I've been looking for a map for a long time of Oceania because after college I'm settling on an island by myself in search for waves. I could'nt believe all the islands I've never known about. If I was to purchase one map in conjunction with nautical charts, it would be this one.

Excellent coverage of Melanesia, Micronesia, & Polynesia
This map covers an area of the world that is not well represented in most world atlases. Excellent index.Fifty-one detailed inset maps. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Maps & Road Atlases    3. Reference    4. Travel    5. Travel - Foreign    6. Australasia    7. Maps, charts & atlases    8. Oceania   

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Sufficient
This is an OK guidebook for information about culture and hotels.I found that it covered all the basics.It covers all of the island nations in the Micronesia area.The section on Palau and Yap were particularly useful to me.However, I thought that there wasn't enough information about scuba diving.Most of the people visiting this region are interested in scuba diving.There isn't enough information on dive shops or dive sites.In fact, there aren't any maps of dive sites at all.If you're going to go diving, I would try another guidebook.If you're just going to go sightseeing, this is just fine.Also another thing I would like to see in the next edition is a few more photos.Sometimes photos can help you decide whether to go to a place or not.With more photos, I think this guidebook would attract more people to these lovely islands.

Only marginally outdated... still very useful.
I have been to Micronesia twice.The first time I lived there for a couple of years, and the second time I went as a tourist.I purchased this book before returning the second time. It had been seven years since I hadbeen in Micronesia, and some of it had changed drastically while some partshadn't changed at all.This book was a great guide, and helped me to findsome of the better spots that I had somehow managed to miss while I livedthere.Here is how the book stacked up.THE GOOD: 1) This book covers allof Micronesia, and that is no small task.It has information about allparts, ranging from Palau to the Marshall Islands.2) This book gives alot of information about each island.It explains the history, tells youwhat you should take, tells you about hotels and restaurants (from the fivestar establishments to the low end ones), tells you about how to travel toeach island as well as how to travel around while on the island and manyother bits of useful information to make your stay more enjoyable.3) Themaps are good.They aren't super detailed, but are nice maps of theislands and the villages on them.Quite good enough for any sight seeingor exploring that you might want to do.4) This book tells you about thepopular and good diving spots, hiking spots and historical points.So eventhough some of the book may be outdated (the nicest hotels in Guam) thereare some things that will probably never change (how to hike to a nicehidden waterfall on Pohnpei.)THE BAD: Parts of Micronesia are changingquickly, and this book fails to capture those changes.For example, thelist of popular places to stay, eat and shop on Guam wasn't very helpfulsince the island had changed so much in the past five years (since the bookwas published).To counteract this information lag, I just picked uptourist publications while I was on Guam, and that updated me enough tofill in all the gaps. OVERALL: It is like a computer that is a couple ofyears old: sure it is outdated some, but it still works nicely, and it ismuch better than having nothing at all!

The only name in Travel Guides
As a merchant marine, "travel" comes with the job.I have long been a collector of maps and travelguides, always searching for items that are themost user friendly & seeingly written for mybudget, not one of the Rockerfeller's.I will tipmy hat to Lonely Planet here. They accomplish theimpossible with every book.Never did I expectto open a single guide book, not to mention aseries of them & find myself so mesmerized by whatwas written.Their guides are not the commonlyfound or should I say "forced" "stay at the $$$$hotel, eat at the $$$$ restaurant"... They giveyou such a wide, realistic range of places to go,visit, stay & enjoy, that they change you from theprospective dreamer ho-hummingly flipping pages inabook tothe traveler that sees his/her goals come to pass. After all, isn't that what we really want out oftravel?As for this particular guidebook... I have been in Guam 4 months on and 4months off since February of 1996, visiting Saipanas part of work & Rota & Tinian on my own time...I have used & abused this book (Cover stillintact) & I have had many co-workers borrow it,with everyone coming away a satisfied reader.So,whether it be Guam, Saipan or any part ofMicronesia, this is one guide book that I stronglyrecommend & if you are doing an around the worldtrip with Japan as your next stop...Do the rightthing... Get the Japan Guide book, but also shellout a few extra dollars and purchase the JapaneseAudio Pack. It is hands down the easiest (& one ofthe most economical) basic language teachers outthere & it even comes with a Phrase Book!Mycurrent Lonely Planet Guide library includes:Micronesia, Japan (Book & Audio pack), Korea,Singapore-Brunei-Malaysia, Tonga, Southwest USA(Arizona-New Mexico-Utah), & Maldives & Islands OfThe East Indian Ocean.I look to expand as I amplaning a trip to Argentina's Andes in 2000.Asatisfied ! customer I shall remain... I hope you,the reader of my review, read this & come to realize what wonderful publications Lonely Planetoffers us. If you do, step back an useAMAZON.COM for all your travel needs. You will beglad you listened. (You know, I always thoughtthese reviews were written by paid personelsomewhere, TRUST me this isn't the case at allRead more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign   

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The Most Spectacular Wreck Diving in the World
I purchased this book as part of my preparation for a diving trip to Chuuk Lagoon. It contains many excellent colour photographs of wrecks, coral, artifacts and local inhabitants. I found the brief history that accompanies each of the wrecks featured especially interesting. Likewise the diagrams of some of the wrecks, along with their various inclinations on the lagoon floor is fascinating.Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Scuba & Snorkeling    4. Travel    5. Travel - Foreign    6. Micronesia    7. Sub-aqua swimming    8. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Australia/Oceania - South Pacific    2. Travel    3. Travel - Foreign   

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very helpful in my u/w photography
very helpful in telling me what to expect at various sites so i could decide which lens to put into my housing.Camera preparation cuts into my vacation time...and these books help get ready. So i always study thembefore i go. always.

Don't Waste Your Money
Like all the Pisces dive guides I've read, this one is superficial and poorly illustrated.Don't waste your money on this lightweight and useless pamphlet masquerading as a dive guide. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    2. Caribbean & West Indies    3. Guidebooks    4. Palau    5. Scuba & Snorkeling    6. Scuba diving    7. Skin diving    8. Travel    9. Travel - Foreign    10. Micronesia    11. Sub-aqua swimming    12. Travel & holiday guides   

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Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guam & Yap (Diving & Snorkeling Guides)
Great photos and explanations of all the dive sites. Also road maps and location details. Very informative book. Small enough to take with you on your trip. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia - Southeast    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Scuba & Snorkeling    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Travel    6. Travel - Foreign    7. Australasia    8. Micronesia    9. Swimming & diving    10. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Australia/Oceania - South Pacific    2. Special Interest - Adventure    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign   

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excellent, eventhough not updated since 2000
great book with excellent coverage of different dive sites all over micronesia.the only problem i have is that it has not been updated since 2000, but that is only a minor thing.

Easy reading not too informative
Diving Micronesia was an easy to read guide book that will not go into great detail , I certainly did not base my travel on it , I would definately recomend the lonely planet guide by Tim Rock , it is much more informative

Diving Micronesia
A thorough explanation of the Micronesian islands and what to expect, both on land and under the water, on each of them.The history is fascinating.Our first visit to Micronesia, so we'll see how true the information the book presents is! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    2. General    3. Guidebooks    4. Micronesia    5. Scuba & Snorkeling    6. Scuba diving    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Travel - Foreign    10. Sports & Recreation / General   

Subjects:  1. Travel    2. Canoeing & kayaking    3. Melanesia    4. Micronesia    5. Pacific Ocean    6. Polynesia    7. Travel writing   

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Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Earth Sciences - Geography    3. Geography    4. Geography (General)    5. Oceania    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Australasia    9. Earth Sciences    10. Melanesia    11. Micronesia    12. Polynesia    13. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    6. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Travel - Foreign   

Subjects:  1. 1929-    2. Corley, W. A.,    3. Essays & Travelogues    4. Evening Star (Ketch)    5. Micronesia (Federated States)    6. Pohnpei    7. Shipwrecks    8. Travel    9. Voyages and travels    10. Corley, W. A    11. Journeys   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania    2. Australia/Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Melanesia    6. Micronesia    7. Non-Classifiable    8. Polynesia    9. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Area / regional studies    6. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    7. Places & peoples: general interest    8. Reference works