Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

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Outposts: Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire
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First edition
AuthorSimon Winchester
LanguageEnglish
Genre Travel literature
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
1985
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint
Pages362 pp (second edition, paperback)
ISBN 0141011890
OCLC 56458990

Outposts: Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire is a book by Simon Winchester. It details his travels to each of the remaining dependencies of the British Empire and was first published in 1985 in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton under the title Outposts and in the United States by Prentice Hall as The Sun Never Sets: Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire. It was reprinted in 2003 with a new foreword written to address the changing political climate and attitudes in relation to the British Empire, most importantly concerning the handover of Hong Kong to China and, more generally, the rise of globalism.

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References

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  2. The sun never sets : travels to the remaining outposts of the British Empire. OCLC. OCLC   13092999 . Retrieved 22 November 2017 via worldcat.org.
  3. Outposts : journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire. OCLC. OCLC   56458990 . Retrieved 22 November 2017 via worldcat.org.