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[edit] Edit To Reflect Casino Royale

The map needs to be edited, and so do the locations, I believe. He visits Madagascar.


[edit] Novels

Would it be better to list the novels by country as with the way the films are listed, rather than by book? -- Astrokey44|talk 12:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it would be probably be better, since, as you pointed out there are already lists on the relevant title pages, and its already getting a bit too long. But that's the point, if you want to do a list of places James Bond has been too you have to try and fit them all in. One thing in favor of the novel approach allows easy addition of information as new books/films become available.
Personally, the country by country approach - though more innovative - will be quite timeconsuming (eg. “and here's another place Bond went to.”). There are (if you're counting) 12 Fleming book, 9 Fleming short stories, Colonel Sun, 14 Gardener book, 6 Benson books, 3 Benson short stories, 20 official films and 2 unnofficial films. Plus 34 comic strip stories, which have rcently been re-evaluated and are now considered just as genuine as, say, the continuation books. That's 106 Bond stories.
Feel free to use the information how you see fit. But don't delete it all yet! I have a feeling this page will take a while to complete so don't rush it. Appreciate all the work you've done. Scott197827 17/2/2006


I've moved the novel by novel approach here, and i (or anyone else) can keep updating it from here, leaving the main page to the country by country approach. Scott197827 17/2/2006

Ok I will move it back to the page organised by country, thanks for providing all this information! -- Astrokey44|talk 01:27, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Actually this information is so long it interferes with the talk page, I have moved it to a subpage - Talk:James Bond locations/novels. -- Astrokey44|talk 05:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Missing Locations from the Fleming Novels

Great idea for an added feature! I've noticed several locations missing from the world and US maps, mostly related to plane or train travel by 007.

World map: in Diamonds Are Forever, Bond lands at Ireland's Shannon airport, where he also eats a steak and champagne dinner. In From Russia With Love, Bond stops at the Athens airport in Greece, where he drinks two ouzos. He of course famously travels on the Orient Express, which travels through Greece and Yugoslavia. And in "The Living Daylights" Bond goes to West Berlin, which does not appear to be colored in on the map.

US Map: in Live and Let Die, Bond takes a train journey from New York City to St. Petersburg, Florida. The train's itinerary is laid out pretty clearly. The train stops in or passes through Trenton (New Jersey), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Baltimore (Maryland), Washington, D.C., Richmond (Virginia), Raleigh (North Carolina), Columbia (South Carolina), and Savannah (Georgia).

I've gone ahead and added these places to the article, but the maps need an adjustment at some point.

Martiniminister 20/7/2006

ok I have updated the maps. In From russia with love, is there a raid into Bulgaria like with the film version? --Astrokey44 13:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Bulgarians attack the Gypsy camp, but that's in Turkey. In the novel, Bond does not travel through Bulgaria, but instead, goes from Turkey, through Greece, into Yugoslavia. (At the Turkish border, the back section of the train is detached for its journey to the Bulgarian Frontier, but Bond is on the front section which enters Greece.) That being said, the film version shows a map of the train's route (right after Kerim's death), and it clearly goes through Sofia. So, the literary Bond does not travel through Bulgaria, but the film Bond does. Martiniminister 27/7/2006

[edit] China

I'm pretty sure Bond never goes to mainland China. I saw Tomorrow Never Dies recently and when he goes to a harbour to investigate the stealth ship I think its supposed to be a Vietnamese harbour since they started out from Saigon, but it could be China I suppose since the location was between China and Vietnam. Anyone know for sure? -- Astrokey44|talk 05:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

After a comment from commons, I decided to colour China in because in Die Another Day he goes to Hong Kong which was part of China then. Ive left Hong Kong as blue (filmed there) and China as purple (not filmed there) because other films have been shot in Hong Kong, but not while it was part of China. -- Astrokey44|talk 00:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Caucasus

"The start of Tomorrow Never Dies involves an arms bazaar "on the Russian border". It is close to the Black Sea where a British ship fires a missile on it, so it could be presumed to be Azerbaijan or Georgia but it is not actually identified." - I think that is wrong - I'm sure that in the German version it is said that it is the Khyber Pass, which is in on the Afghani/Pakistan border... - neither the caucasus nor Russia is involved.... (Citius Altius Fortius 13:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC))

maybe its not good to say something is presumed, but Im sure Russia is involved - there was a russian general who said to the British fleet commander that there are upcoming elections so thats why the Russians didnt attack themselves --Astrokey44 08:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
That was reason for why they didn't send in ground troops (no loss of life) and "took the naval option." The theatrical version says Russian border. It would probably be best to quote that line specifically if you wish to list it at all. We shouldn't presume. K1Bond007 01:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What about St. Cyril's?

That Monastery of St. Cyril's, where Bond goes after retrieving the "ETAC" from the sunken British submarine — I couldn't find that on the list. A parrot gives him the clue to go there, and he has to make a risky rope climb up a sheer cliff to reach it. --Chris 02:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

It's listed under Greece. The Monastery you're referring to is Meteora. Also Bond goes there to retrieve the "ATAC". K1Bond007 19:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] taj mahal

was the taj mahal shown in Octopussy? I cant remember seeing it there --Astrokey44 00:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Bond goes by it in a helicopter. Martiniminister 28/7/2006

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Question from Vitor Madeira

I guess that the map may be wrong, as it does not shows Portugal as one of the countries that Bond visited. He was there On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film). Could somone please help on this detail?

Thank you very much. Vitor Madeira 11:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baltic states?

I've just been looking through the list of locations and, as expected, could not find any of the Baltic countries listed: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. However, when I looked on the map, I saw that they were included as filming/setting locations, presumably as part of Russia. I find this rather offensive, so could Astrokey44, the creater of this map, please correct it? It would be greatly appreciated and more accurate.

The part you refering to is Kaliningrad