Phileas Fogg wagers twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes that he will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less. And Fogg and his French servant Passepartout race across the globe in an attempt to win the bet.

In 1519 Captain General Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet set sale on an epic journey that would irrevocably alter the path of history. Now, for the first time award-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen masterfully interweaves previously unavailable first-person accounts that bring to vivid life Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. In rich, absorbing prose Bergreen captivatingly details the mutinies, discoveries, deaths, and

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The entire Muppets gang goes on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine-the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog-and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two.

Beauregard has always had big dreams. He wanted to travel the world and see all the sites, but how could he possibly go around the globe if he was too scared to fly? With the help of one cardboard box and some amazing new friends, Beauregard goes on the adventure of a lifetime and realizes he is actually pretty brave after all!

In the role of one of the crew members sailing a yacht around the world, the reader will encounter dangers and must make decisions that will ensure the survival of the ship and her crew.

In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly, inspired by Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days, began an around-the-world journey that she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, the newspaper The World. Just hours afterher ship set out across the Atlantic, the publisher of The Cosmopolitan magazine put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland was headed around the world in the opposite direction, thinking...

The fictional journal of pirate hunter William Lubber chronicles his around-the-world voyage in search of the "Vicious and intemperate" female pirate Arabella Drummond in 1723. Includes a fold-out map, a packet of gold dust, a Chinese ransom note, a compass, and other manipulatives for readers.

Did a daring Chinese admiral sailing the world's largest wooden armada reach America 71 years before Columbus? This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.

"Suzi the sloth has started to wonder what lies beyond the rainforest. She has gathered her sloth friends to join her on a globe-trotting tour of the world's most amazing cities. Pack your passport and search for the ten intrepid sloths in a variety of urban jungles. From the busy streets of Delhi to the sunny shores of Sydney, the human habitats are a whole new world to the slow-and-steady sloths"--Back cover.