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A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe.
In the first series, titled James May: Our Man in Japan, May's travels are presented as a linear journey traveling from the north end of Japan, via Sapporo and Tokyo to the south island. [2] Series two saw May touring Italy, titled James May: Our Man in Italy. [3] The series takes him from Palermo in Sicily to the Dolomites.
O.S.K. Line's travel brochure "The Inland Sea," circa 1932. In the first few years its routes were limited to coastal services in the western area of Japan. In 1890, OSK inaugurated an Osaka-Pusan run followed in 1893 by the operation of an Osaka-Incheon route and Korean coastal services.
The company was established as "Japan Tourist Bureau (ジャパンツーリストビューロー, Japan Tsūrisuto Byūrō)" in 1912, primarily serving foreign visitors to Japan. In 1941 the company was renamed as East Asian Travel Agent ( 東亜旅行社 , Tōa Ryokōsha ) , and in the following year changed its status from corporation to ...
Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897.. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Paige Compositor.
Meeting with Japan (1960) Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006) Seven Years in Tibet (1952) Ladakh: Gods and Mortals Behind the Himalayas (1980) Return to Tibet (1985) George Woodcock (1912-1995) To the City of the Dead: An Account of Travels in Mexico (1957) Incas and Other Men: Travels in the Andes (1959) Faces of India: A Travel Narrative (1964)
Two hoboes, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (c. 1880s –1930s). A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. [1] [2] Hoboes, tramps, and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; a bum neither travels nor works.
The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. [2] Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered steamship Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867.