World lecture tour

The world lecture tour was a turnig point in the career of Henry Walton Jones, Sr., beginning in 1908 and lasting to at least 1910. During it Henry Jones visited several universities through the world where he rea about his specialty, Medieval Literature. His wife Anna and only son Henry Jones, Jr. accompanied him.

For the young Jones, this journey was of special significance because it was the first time he left his hometown in Princeton for a long time and had his first contact with other countries and cultures, with ancient ruins and artifacts, and first met with several celebrities of the time. Strict teacher Helen Seymour was charged with the task to educate Henry Jr. during the long journey.

1908

 * Departure from Princeton, New Jersey, USA
 * New York City, USA
 * London, United Kingdom
 * Oxford, United Kingdom
 * Alexandria, Egypt
 * Cairo, Egypt
 * Tangiers, Morocco
 * Marrakech, Morocco (not planned)
 * Paris, France

1909

 * Florence, Italy
 * Vacation in Kirinyaga, British East Africa*
 * Vienna, Austria-Hungary

1910

 * Russia
 * Greece
 * Benares, India
 * Peking, China
 * Shanghai, China

Note

 * The original series dated the British East Africa episode in September 1909. However, it was later released as part of Passion for Life paired with (and anteceding) Paris, September 1908, and the newly included joining segment implicated that the family moved from East Africa to Nice by boat and then took a train to Paris. Thus, in the new continuity the vacation in East Africa would take place in the summer between the Moroccan adventure and the stance in Paris.