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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usWorld Timelineshttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/315FA2E4-DE18-4369-85EB-44D1F7BD5016/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/JohnWaterman/">JohnWaterman</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/" title="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/">www.worldtimelines.org.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="home_main_image"> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> <B>Have you ever looked at an exhibit in a museum and wondered what was happening in other countries at that time?</B> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Worldtimelines.org.uk places 2,000 artefacts from museums around the British Isles in their geographical and chronological context. The <DIV class="home_indented"> <B><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self">Timeline Viewer</A></B> <SPAN> (requires Flash)</SPAN> </DIV> lets you navigate using interactive maps and timelines. Select one of the regions on the right to get started. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TR><TD colspan="2"><IMG height="6" width="310" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_b1.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="38" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore Africa using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_c1.gif" name="t5" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="38" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_c2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="41" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore the Americas using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_d1.gif" name="t6" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="41" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_d2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="41" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore Asia using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_e1.gif" name="t7" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="41" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_e2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="42" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore the British Isles using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_f1.gif" name="t8" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="42" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_f2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="41" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore Europe using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_g1.gif" name="t9" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="41" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_g2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="157"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG height="41" width="157" border="0" alt="Explore Oceania using the Timeline Viewer" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_h1.gif" name="t10" /></A></TD> <TD width="153"><IMG height="41" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_h2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG height="14" width="157" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_i1.gif" alt="" /></TD> <TD><IMG height="14" width="153" border="0" src="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/imgs/img_hp_grid_i2.gif" alt="" /></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height="38" valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"> <DIV class="hometext1"> Use the links above to open <BR /> each region in the Timeline Viewer</DIV></TD></TR></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Follow a timeline to see what was happening in a region through history. Compare with another timeline to see what was happening in another part of the world. Cross the world using interactive maps. Link out to over 2,000 articles with information about the artefacts and the people who made and used them</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="right"> <TABLE class="continents_table"> <TBODY><TR> <TD colspan="3"> <DIV class="continents_top_lks"> <DIV class="continents_index_lk"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world">Index</A> </DIV> <DIV class="continents_browse_lk">Browse the world</DIV> <DIV class="clear"></DIV> </DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_africa"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa" accesskey="f">Africa</A> </TD> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_americas"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas" accesskey="a">Americas</A> </TD> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_asia"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/asia" accesskey="s">Asia</A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_british"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles" accesskey="b">British Isles</A> </TD> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_europe"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe" accesskey="e">Europe</A> </TD> <TD class="continents_td" id="continents_td_oceania"> <A href="http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania" accesskey="o">Oceania</A> </TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </TD></tr></table></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:06:44 GMTGreat Train Journeys of the Worldhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4B111D94-01A5-495A-8A95-7C1A10B16D2C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mickfinn/">mickfinn</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/941316/10-great-rail-journeys.html" title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/941316/10-great-rail-journeys.html">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Switzerland: The Bernina Express</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> This takes you over the highest rail summit in the Alps – 7,405 feet up</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/24A745D8-E1A8-45E5-A332-10073942D22A.jpg" alt="The Bernina Express train in Switzerland from Chur to Tirano in Italy crossing the Brussio viaduct" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Canada: Rocky Mountaineer Vacations</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/E3A8A5BC-E514-4871-9793-05278D6337F0.jpg" alt="Rocky Mountaineer, Bow River by Lake Louise, Alberta" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>South Africa: Rovos Rail</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Now regarded as superior to the Blue Train for quality and service</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/4C772309-DAA2-4067-8D82-F6796AF7399F.jpg" alt="Rovos Rail" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Observation cars allow unrivalled views across the bush</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/86098E17-E282-471C-987A-14FCDBBABEED.jpg" alt="The Rovos Rail, luxurious train travelling between Cape town and Pretoria" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Russia: Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> The world’s longest train journey at nearly 6,000 miles</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">provides comfort unknown since Tsarist times</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/966BEC9E-7A5F-4ACF-8649-14E9A7041660.jpg" alt="Golden Eagle Train on the Trans-Siberian Express Route" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>South East Asia: Eastern & Oriental Express </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">1,262-mile journey from Bangkok to Singapore</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/3AD7C218-75B9-4CE3-965E-9EB40700E0C5.jpg" alt="The Eastern & Oriental Express travelling between Singapore and Butterworth" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>North America: California Zephyr </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> The Amtrak trip on the California Zephyr runs through the heart of the Rocky Mountains</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/BF6D1DD2-2E1A-4F12-8101-985D90438A0F.jpg" alt="Amtrak's California Zephyr in the Rockies on its journey from Chicago to San Francisco" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Great Britain: Northern Belle</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> The Flying Scotsman used to be the way to see the Scottish Highlands. Now there's another – the Northern Belle</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/778B5532-EB73-491A-98CE-71ED1908A42C.jpg" alt="Northern Belle enroute between Fort William and Mallaig" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Europe: Venice Simplon-Orient-Express </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/66D52639-B244-45BF-955E-463C511FF5B0.jpg" alt="The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express near Lake Leman, Switzerland" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Japan: The Shinkansen </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The Bullet Train, as it is better known, is closer to a rocket than a train</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/561EE25A-4E7C-4117-AA62-91D2D43B9824.jpg" alt="Shinkansen bullet train pulls out of the commercial shopping district of Ginza" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> On the Tokyo to Kyoto Bullet Train trip, the adrenaline rush is the train itself</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mickfinn/512/C61A0ECA-CDDD-40C4-8617-AA5AE00F1787.jpg" alt="Nozomi Bullet train Japan shinkansen platform " /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/trains+and+travelling/" rel="tag">trains and travelling</a></div>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/941316/10-great-rail-journeys.htmlMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:04 GMT