The Boy Travellers in the Far East
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The Boy Travellers in the Far East is a late-19th-century children's travel-adventure book series by Thomas W. Knox that follows young protagonists on educational journeys through Asian countries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Boy Travellers in the Far East canonical | 1 |
| The Boy Travellers series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9440295 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Boy Travellers in the Far East Context triple: [Thomas W. Knox, notableWork, The Boy Travellers in the Far East]
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A.
Travels in Tartary
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
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B.
The Soul of the Far East
The Soul of the Far East is an 1888 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that offers a reflective, often romanticized study of East Asian culture and psychology, especially that of Japan.
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C.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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D.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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E.
The Wonders of the East
The Wonders of the East is an Old English illustrated marvels text that describes fantastical peoples, creatures, and places in distant lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Boy Travellers in the Far East Target entity description: The Boy Travellers in the Far East is a late-19th-century children's travel-adventure book series by Thomas W. Knox that follows young protagonists on educational journeys through Asian countries.
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A.
Travels in Tartary
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
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B.
The Soul of the Far East
The Soul of the Far East is an 1888 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that offers a reflective, often romanticized study of East Asian culture and psychology, especially that of Japan.
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C.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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D.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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E.
The Wonders of the East
The Wonders of the East is an Old English illustrated marvels text that describes fantastical peoples, creatures, and places in distant lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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children's book series ⓘ travel-adventure literature ⓘ |
| author | Thomas W. Knox ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | Asian countries ⓘ |
| educationalAspect |
culture
ⓘ
geography ⓘ history ⓘ |
| features | young protagonists ⓘ |
| form | illustrated narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cross-cultural encounter
ⓘ
education through travel ⓘ travel and exploration ⓘ |
| intendedUse | didactic reading for youth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | educational journeys ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Boy Travellers series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boy Travellers in the Far East
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| protagonistType | boys ⓘ |
| publicationEra | Victorian era ⓘ |
| setting | Asia ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Far East
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linked to:
East Asia
|
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | late 19th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Thomas W. Knox ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Boy Travellers in the Far East Description of subject: The Boy Travellers in the Far East is a late-19th-century children's travel-adventure book series by Thomas W. Knox that follows young protagonists on educational journeys through Asian countries.
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linked to: The Boy Travellers in the Far East