EUROPE

 

NORWAY
  U$09 The Lemming with the Locket - 1955

Synopsis:
Scrooge hides his safe-combination in a medallion which ends up around the neck of a lemming, which then runs away. The search takes Scrooge and his nephews to Norway but, alas, it is a lemming year...

Comments:
The actions take place in and around the small fictional town of Herringtail.

 

SWEDEN
  U$19 The Mines of King Solomon - 1957

Synopsis:
While on an inspection tour to 1,200 places in 69 countries Scrooge and his nephews discover the mines of King Solomon...

Comments:
Just a brief visit.

 

SCOTLAND
  FC0189 The Old Castle's Secret - 1948

Synopsis:
Scrooge's treasure is in peril at the old family castle in Scotland. He takes Donald and the nephews along only to discover that the castle may be haunted...

Comments:
In U$29 Hound of the Whiskervilles the ducks visited Glasgow, and in WDCS237 Mystery of the Loch the visited Loch Less (Barks' version of the famed Lock Ness).

 

GERMANY
  U$10 The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone - 1955

Synopsis:
Scrooge has found a lead to the stone that can change everything it touches to gold. But during the search he keeps stumbling over a bearded little man...

Comments:
The ducks visit a gloomy castle in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald in German).

 

FRANCE
  FC0308 Dangerous Disguise - 1951

Synopsis:
Donald stays at the French Riviera where he is contacted by a sinister looking man. A major spy story unfolds...

Comments:
Later, the ducks travel to Chiliburgeria (see under Spain).

 

SWITZERLAND
  FC1025 Mastering the Matterhorn - 1959

Synopsis:
Donald and the nephews want to climb the Matterhorn but they are not welcome at the top because the Beagle Boys have hidden their loot there!

Comments:
No doubt that Barks was influenced to write this story about the Matterhorn, because he had visited the Matterhorn attraction in Disneyland, California, shortly before he wrote the story.

 

SPAIN
  WDCS212 'Rocket Race' - 1958

Synopsis:
As Donald flies a rocket ship around the earth he has to fill it up with specific things on the way. This is a condition for participating in a contest. His only opponent is Gladstone...

Comments:
The ducks pay a brief visit to Spain. In FC0308 Dangerous Disguise they cross a mountain range to the west of the French Riviera in order to arrive in Chiliburgeria. The range can only be the Pyrenees, meaning that the fictional town of Chiliburgeria is situated in Spain.

 

GIBRALTAR
  FC0275 Ancient Persia - 1950

Synopsis:
A professor discovers how the ancient Persians immortalized themselves and he 'persuades' Donald to go with him to Persia to try out the invention.

Comments:
Just a brief passing.

 

ITALY
  WDCS273 A Duck's Eye View of Europe - 1963

Synopsis:
Donald is on a tightly scheduled tour through Europe but he gets left behind in Venice, Italy. Now he has to catch up with his fellow travellers!

Comments:
This is Barks' favourite nation in Europe. The ducks also visited the country in U$10 The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone (Sicily), U$36 The Midas Touch (Rome, Sulphuria, Vesuvius), U$38 The Unsafe Safe, U$40 Oddball Odyssey, U$43 For Old Dime's Sake, and U$48 The Many Faces of Magica de Spell.

 

GREECE
  U$12 The Golden Fleecing - 1956

Synopsis:
Scrooge wants gold-wool to make a coat fit for a rich man. But he has to battle larkies and a dragon in ancient Colchis to get Jason's golden fleece...

Comments:
Other stories: U$10 The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone (Crete), U$40 Oddball Odyssey (Island of Circe), WDCS292 Instant Hercules (Aegean Sea).

 


N. AMERICA

S. AMERICA

ANTARCTICA


EUROPE

AFRICA

ASIA

OCEANIA

 

 

 

http://www.cbarks.dk/theglobstorieseurope.htm   Date 2006-12-22