Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
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| Author | Simon Winchester |
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| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Travel literature |
| Publisher | Penguin (UK) |
| Released | 1985 |
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| Pages | 362 pp (second edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-1011890 |
Outposts, Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire ([ISBN 0141011890]) 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. It was reprinted in 2003 with a new Foreword, written to address the changing political climate and attitudes in relation to the British Empire - in particular the hand over of Hong Kong to China.
In Outposts, Winchester travels to, or writes about, the following places.
- British Indian Ocean Territories
- Tristan de Cunha
- Gibralter
- Ascension Island
- St Helena
- Hong Kong
- Bermuda
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- British Virgin Islands
- Anguilla
- Montserrat
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Pitcairn Island
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