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{{Short description|2003 travel book}}
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| author = Patricia Schultz
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'''''1,000 Places to See Before You Die''''' is a 2003
travel book by [[Patricia Schultz]], published by [[Workman Publishing|Workman]]. A revised edition was published in November 2011. The new edition is in color.  An iPad app debuted in December 2011.
Among the "1,000 places" in the book are historic ones such as [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s home in [[Western Samoa]] and the trail of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] in the United States, cultural ones such as the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] in the United States and [[La Scala]] in Italy, and natural ones such as the [[Grand Canyon]] in the United States and the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]]. The book blends well-known places with rather unknown ones.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2024 |title= ''1000 Places to See Before You Die'' (review) |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=2010-06-04| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100810134956/http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2024| archivedate= 10 August 2010 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
On March 29, 2007, the [[Travel Channel]] and [[Discovery HD Theater]] premiered a series based on the book's locations, called ''[[1,000 Places to See Before You Die (TV series)|1,000 Places to See Before You Die]]''. Patricia Schultz published a follow-up edition in 2007 called ''[[1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die]]''.
==Summary==
The book's chapters are broken down by geographical locations.  Within each chapter, the entries are further narrowed by region.  The chapters are as follows:
*'''Chapter 1''': [[Europe]]: includes [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]], [[Western Europe]], [[Eastern Europe]], and [[Scandinavia]].  Entries range from [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] in [[Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire, England]] to [[Midsummer|Midsummer Eve]] in [[Dalarna|Dalarna, Sweden]].
*'''Chapter 2''': [[Africa]]: includes [[North Africa]], [[West Africa]], [[East Africa]] and [[Southern Africa]], and Islands of the [[Indian Ocean]].  Entries for this chapter range from [[Alexandria|Alexandria, Egypt]] to [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] in [[Seychelles]].
*'''Chapter 3''': The [[Middle East]]: Entries include [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] (also referred to as Akko) in [[Israel]] and [[Yemen]]'s [[Shibam Hadramawt|Shibam]].
*'''Chapter 4''': "Asia: From [[Beijing]]'s [[Forbidden City]] to [[Xi'an]]'s [[Terracotta Army|Terra-Cotta Warriors]], [[Japan]]'s [[Sapporo Snow Festival]] to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]'s [[Marble Palace (Kolkata)|Marble Palace]], [[Turkey]]'s [[Mevlevi Order|Whirling Dervishes]] to the [[Mekong Delta]] in [[Vietnam]]"
*'''Chapter 5''': "[[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[List of islands in the Pacific Ocean|Pacific Islands]]: From the [[Sydney Opera House]] to [[Uluru]], New Zealand's [[Haupapa / Tasman Glacier|Tasman Glacier]] to the [[Cook Islands]]' Dance Festival, the [[Sepik|Sepik River]] in [[Papua New Guinea]] to [[Tonga]]'s Heilala Festival"
*'''Chapter 6''': "The [[United States]] and [[Canada]]: From [[Alaska]]'s [[Inside Passage]] to [[Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)|Savannah's Historic District]], the [[Art Institute of Chicago|Art Institute]] in [[Chicago]] to the [[French Quarter]] in [[New Orleans]], the [[Las Vegas Strip]] to [[New York (state)|New York]]'s [[Finger Lakes]] Region, [[Monticello]] in [[Virginia]] to [[Jackson Hole]] in [[Wyoming]], [[Ice skating|Skating]] the [[Rideau Canal]] in [[Ottawa]] to Heli-Skiing in [[British Columbia]]"
*'''Chapter 7''': "[[Latin America]]: From the [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] [[Palenque|Ruins of Palenque]] in [[Mexico]] to [[Belize]]'s [[Belize Barrier Reef|Barrier Reef]], the [[San Blas Islands|San Blas Archipelago]] of [[Panama]] to [[Buenos Aires]]' [[tango (dance)|Tango]] Bars, [[Chilean wine|Chile's Wine Region]] to the Otavolo [[Market (place)|Market]] in [[Ecuador]], [[Machu Picchu]] in [[Peru]] to the [[Penguin]] [[Rookery|Rookeries]] of [[Antarctica]]"
*'''Chapter 8''': "[[The Caribbean]], [[Bahamas]], and [[Bermuda]]: From [[Belmond Cap Juluca|Cap Juluca]] in [[Anguilla]] to the [[Shark]] [[Rodeo]] at [[Walker's Cay]] in the [[Bahamas]], [[Cuba]]'s [[Jazz]] Festival to [[Sailing]] the [[Grenadines]], [[Old San Juan]] in [[Puerto Rico]] to [[Saba National Marine Park]]"
==Editions==
*[[Patricia Schultz]]. ''1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Updated Edition'', Workman 2010. {{ISBN|0-7611-6102-3}}
*[[Patricia Schultz]]. ''1,000 Places to See Before You Die in the US and Canada'', Workman 2007
*[[Patricia Schultz]]. ''1,000 Places to See Before You Die'', Workman 2003. {{ISBN|0-7611-0484-4}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070115231030/http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/ Book's official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070707225730/http://travel.discovery.com/tv/1000-places/1000-places.html Travel Channel series' website]
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