PATH Adventures –
Around the World in 70 Days
References
Websites:
Around the World in 80 Days Sites:
http://jv.gilead.org.il/pg/80day/ - translation of the full text
http://www.online-literature.com/verne/aroundtheworld/ - another translation of the full text
Wonders of the World Sites:
http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/ - seven wonders of the ancient world.
http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php - voting for ”New 7 Wonders.”
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/ - Top 100 wonders (and even top 1000) according to world
renowned travel writer and expert, Howard Hillman.
http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/pharoslighthouse.htm - seven wonders of the ancient world.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/ - PBS’ “Nova” covers the under water wonders.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388/ - wonders general – kid focused.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html - Tallest buildings in the world.
http://www.greatbuildings.com
http://www.allaboutskyscrapers.com/
http://www.sacredsites.com/index.html - developed by travel writer Martin Gray freelance travel
writer for National Geographic and others.
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31 – World Heritage Sites from UNESCO (United Nations
Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization).
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12115727/site/newsweek/ - the 7 most endangered wonders of the
world, reported by Newsweek Magazine, April 2, 2006.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0923082.html- wonders general – kid focused.
http://www.asce.org/history/seven_wonders.cfm - American Society of Civil Engineers.
http://www.allwondersoftheworld.com/ - an international list compiled by a web development
company headquartered in Mumbia and India.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/7Wonders/ - Good Morning America and USA Today teamed up to
tell the world about their expert list of the new 7 wonders. Great information.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/sevenwondersoftheworld-simplythebest wonders general – kid focused.
http://www.britannica.com/ - Encyclopedia Britannica online.
http://www.worldbook.com/ - World Book Encyclopedia online.
Websites Specific to Certain Wonders (in addition to those used above):
Acropolis & Parthenon: http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21101a/e211aa01.html
Angkor Wat: http://www.angkorwat.org/
Boroboudur: http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/borobudur/boro_main.html
Chichen Itza: http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/TourEntrance.html
Christ Redeemer Statue: http://www.copacabana.info/Christ-the-Redeemer-history.html
CN Tower: http://www.cntower.ca/portal/
The Colosseum: http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm (official site)
Easter Island:
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/easter-island-stones-history.html
Eiffel Tower: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/chiffres/page/identite.html (official
site)
Empire State Builging:
http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFID=19833226&CFTOKEN=15811534 (official site)
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/empire.html - photos
http://www.unitedstatetravel.com/empire-state-building.html
Golden Gate Bridge:
http://www.goldengatebridge.org/ (official site)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/
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The Great Wall: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/
Hagia Sophia: http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/hagiasophia.htm - church history according to
present day evangelicals in that region of the world.
Hoover Dam: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/educate/index.html (official site)
Kremlin: http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/articles/history_00.shtml (official site)
North Sea Protection Works:
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/public-service/works/neworleansps12.html “How the
Dutch Fight to Save Their Low Lying Lands” The Times Picayune, Nov. 13, 2005.
http://www.biodiversity.ru/coastlearn/pp-eng/caseholland.html
http://www.sirharris.com/2006/05/modern-wonder-6-netherlands-north-sea.html
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC062731/northseaprotectionworks.html
Mt. Rushmore:
http://www.nps.gov/moru/ - national park service site.
http://www.mtrushmore.net/ - from www.blackhills.com – travel and tourism site.
Mont-St-Michel: http://www.monum.fr/m_stmichel/indexa.dml?lang=en (official site)
Machu Picchu:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/sites/machu_picchu.html
Panama:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pm.html - CIA World Factbook
http://panamatours.com/Pancanal/Canal_history.htm
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/index.html
http://www.canalmuseum.com/stories/history_of_panama_001.htm
Petra: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/petra/
Petrona Twin Towers: http://www.petronastwintowers.com.my (official site)
Pisa: http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/index_eng.html (official website)
Pyramids of Egypt:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/home.html - by the British Museum staff
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
Shwedagon Stupa/Pagoda: http://www.answers.com/topic/shwedagon-paya
Statue of Liberty:
http://www.statueofliberty.org (official site)
http://www.nps.gov/stli/ - national park service site
Stonehenge:
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/ (official site)
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html - British history club
Taj Mahal:
http://www.islamicity.com/Culture/Taj/
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/taj_nav/main_tajfrm.html
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Timbuktu: http://www.history.com/classroom/unesco/timbuktu.html
United Nations: http://www.un.org/Overview/uninbrief
Books & Articles:
Agon, Julie Vosburg. "Why In The World?" National Geographic World, April, 1998.
Burton, R and Cavendish, R. Wonders of the World: 100 Great Man-Made Treasures of
Civilization. MetroBooks, 2003.
Cranfield, Ingrid,"100 Greatest Natural Wonders" Grolier Educational Publishers 1997.
D'Epiro, Peter and Pinkowish, Mary Desmond. What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and
100 Other Great Cultural Lists--Fully Explicated. Anchor Books, 1998.
Hadingham, Evan. " Circles and Standing Stones" New York: Walker, 1975.
"The Lighthouse Of Alexandria." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1998.
Parkyn, Neil, editor. The Seventy Wonders of the Modern World: 1500 Years of Extraordinary
Feats of Engineering and Construction. Thames & Hudson, 2002.
Schultz, Patricia. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List. Workman
Publishing Company, 2003.
"Stonehenge." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1998.
Silverberg,Robert. "The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World" London: Crowell-0 Collier Press,
1961.
Scarre, Christopher. The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How
They Were Built. London: Thames and Hudson 1999.
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