voyages around the world

Text and illustrations look at the different ways to travel, including by yacht, train, camel, and many more.

"Join Atlas Obscura on a[n] . . . illustrated expedition to 100 . . . places around the globe. Hopscotch from country to country in a chain of connecting attractions: Explore Mexico's glittering cave of crystals, then visit the world's largest cave in Vietnam. Or peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then learn how Antarctica's Blood Falls got its mysterious color. As you climb mountains, zip-line over forests, and dive into oceans, use this book as your passport to a world of hidden possibilities. Time to pack your bags!"--Back cover.

Caroline Mac Killian shares the travel adventures and research collected by her great-uncle--the fictional Scotsman--James Mac Killian, who sailed around the world in a motorized hot-air balloon of his own invention. Features fold-out maps and illustrations, along with envelopes that contain letters, sketches, and drawings.

Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of Ferdinand Magellan, whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Includes a consideration of his legacy and his fateful final voyage.

Eccentric Englishman Phileas Fogg accepts a bet made at his London club to complete a journey around the world in only eighty days.

A brief biography of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first European to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean in his attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

A bumbling detective pursues a mysterious Englishman who took a bet to tour the world in eighty days, told in graphic novel format.

The first woman to sail alone around the world describes her experiences during that journey on which she broke Sir Francis Chichester's record for speed.

German midshipman Erich Killinger was captured by Russia at the start of World War I. Killinger escaped the Russian POW train in Siberia, fled to China, and passed through a series of German consulates and safe houses to Shanghai. Given fake identity papers, Killinger traveled in style by ship and rail from Shanghai to Skien, Norway, via the United States. He arrived back in Germany on March 6, 1916--eleven months after being captured.

In this graphic retelling of the classic novel, Phileas Fogg bets his friends in London that in the year 1872 he can travel around the world in eighty days--and he and his personal attendant, Passepartout, find danger and romance on the journey.