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Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, 14th century. Marco Polo (1254-1324) setting out with his uncles from Venice for the Far East
Title page of Schildtbergers Travels c1554. Hans or Johann Schildtberger (1380-c1440), a Bavarian nobleman, was captured in 1396 by Turks under Sultan Bazajet and sold into slavery in Asia
Scene from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe, c1850. Munchausen, recovering his silver casket which had bounced up to the moon
The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Holmes and Watson on train. Artist: Sidney E PagetThe Adventure of Silver Blaze: Holmes gave me a sketch of the events. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on train to Devon to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a famous racehorse
Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne
English family travelling to France, 1886. An English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel on a steamer on their way to France for a continental holiday
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and adventurer, 1895. Rimbauds (1854-1891) career as a poet was brief but dazzling. He wrote his last poem at the age of 19