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About the Book Travel is the movement of people between two geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Over the span of history, travel has becomer safer, cheaper and more common among the world's population. In the Middle Ages pilgrimages were a major reason for civilian travel in both the Christian and Muslim worlds. It became fashionable during the late 16th century for young European aristocrats and wealthy upper class men to undertake a Grand Tour of major European cities as part of their education. It included historic cities such as London, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. During the 19th century innovations led to rail networks and steamship routes that stimulated tourism. Also in this Book These titles refer to special interest in travel. It is for trips and travel that are out of the ordinary and customised to the person who wrote the book, or about planning customised travel. A special interest trip needs to be rewarding, enriching, adventurous and a learning experience. These experiences may be natural or cultural. About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: republish only hand checked books; that are high quality; enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...of armor, " this is the armor of the mighty Guy." "The mighty Guy!" said Tommy Toby, with large eyes, "will you please tell us who he was?" The antique portress stared as though amazed at such a confession of ignorance. "We are from America," said Tommy. Master Lewis smiled at being included in the uninstructed "we." "Guy was a giant." Tommy's interest grew. "He was the great Earl of Warwick: a valiant soldier who slew so many people that he became melancholy, and retired to Guy's Cliff, as it is now called, and there lived alone in a cave for thirty years. He was nine feet high." "And what is that?" said Tommy Toby, pointing to an immense pot. "That," said the antique lady, " was the mighty Guy s porridge pot." "How much does it hold?" "It holds one hundred and twenty gallons, and weighs eight hundred pounds." "Did the mighty Guy drink as much porridge as that at every meal?" asked Tommy, his curiosity taking a wider circle with each new statement. "I don't know; all of these things happened long, long before I was born." "That" said the lady, " is a rib of the Dun Cow." "What kind of a cow was that?" asked Tommy. "It was a cow which the mighty Guy killed on Dunsmore Heath. It weighs nine pounds and a half." "The cow?" "No, the rib." The lady led the party in a procession which she dramatically headed through the lower rooms of the principal building. She showed them the superb old baronial hall; the drawing-rooms, magnificent with tapestries and inlaid furniture; the pictures by Vandyke. Then in an awesome manner she suddenly stopped, and...

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Zigzag Journeys in Europe - Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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