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Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress was published by American author Mark Twain in 1869. The travel-book chronicles Twain's pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of religious pilgrims. Twain makes constant criticisms of various aspects of culture and society he meets while on his journey, some more serious than others, which gradually turn from witty and comedic to biting and bitter as he progresses closer to the Holy Land. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (551x814, 75 KB)Innocents Abroad cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (551x814, 75 KB)Innocents Abroad cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... The phrase The Holy Land (Arabic الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah; Hebrew ארץ הקודש;, Standard Hebrew Éreẓ haQodeš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÉreṣ haqQāḏēš; Latin Terra Sancta) generally refers to Palestine. ... This article is about the colonists of North America. ...

Much of his criticisms within the chronicle are based on comparisons between the grandiose (and often apocryphal) writings and perceptions of his contemporaries that were considered in high regard as sources of indispensable information for travelling in the environments mentioned within the work. He also equally makes light of his fellow travellers and the natives of the various countries and regions he visits. However, the majority of the second half of the work ridicules much of the accepted Christian canon dealing with the Holy Lands, up to and including the site purporting to be the tomb of Jesus. In Judeo-Christian theologies, apocrypha refers to religious Sacred text that have questionable authenticity or are otherwise disputed. ... // Jesus, or Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, is Christianitys central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. ...