Baum Knowledge Base

Transportation

Vehicles, vessels, mounts, living carriers, magical transport, routes, and infrastructure from the verified Baum Transportation census.

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Australia-Bound Ship

The ordinary ocean-going ship carrying Dorothy and Uncle Henry toward Australia before Dorothy is swept away during a storm.

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Auto-Dragons of Thi

A broader class of mechanical auto-dragon transportation used by wealthy inhabitants of Thi, of which the High Coco-Lorum's lever-operated dragon-chariot is the observed example.

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Baby Carriages

Domestic pedestrian conveyances explicitly seen in Baum's Oz, including a man wheeling one during Jinjur's revolution and rabbit baby carriages in Bunnybury.

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Betsy Bobbin's Ship

The ocean ship carrying Betsy Bobbin and Hank before it strikes disaster, catches fire, explodes, and sinks.

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Betsy's Hatch-Cover Raft

A hatch-cover torn from Betsy's wrecked ship that functions as an emergency raft for Betsy and Hank.

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Bilbil / Prince Bobo in Goat Form

Prince Bobo while transformed into the goat Bilbil, serving as King Rinkitink's habitual personal mount until the enchantment is reversed.

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California Passenger Train

The commonplace California passenger train that brings Dorothy to Hugson's Siding at the beginning of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

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Cap'n Bill's Boat

Cap'n Bill's small boat, rowed by Cap'n Bill and steered with Trot's help, lost after being drawn into a great whirlpool.

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Cap'n Bill's Magic Flower Raft

The small purpose-built raft Cap'n Bill makes for himself, Trot, and the Glass Cat to reach the Island of the Magic Flower.

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Coo-ee-oh's Principal Submarine

The principal Skeezer submarine followed in the narrative: a sealed steel underwater craft operated first by Coo-ee-oh's mystic words and later by Glinda's replacement enchantment.

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Cowardly Lion

The Cowardly Lion repeatedly transports companions by carrying riders, drawing Ozma's Golden Chariot with the Hungry Tiger, and towing the Book 1 raft.

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Dorothy's Chicken-Coop Raft

A storm-damaged chicken coop whose solid bottom supports Dorothy at sea like a raft after she is separated from her ship.

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Emerald City Green Push-Carts

Small green carts pushed by people in the Emerald City for moving goods; a minor but explicit civic freight-transport system.

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Field-Mouse Draft Team

The thousands of field mice harnessed by strings to pull the temporary rescue truck carrying the unconscious Cowardly Lion.

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Field-Mouse Rescue Truck

A temporary four-wheeled wooden rescue truck built by the Tin Woodman and pulled by the Field Mice to remove the unconscious Cowardly Lion from the poppy field.

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Forbidden Tube

The extraordinary Tube passing through the world between the Nome King's region and Tititi-Hoochoo's land, traversed first by falling travelers and later by Quox carrying passengers.

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Gilgad Royal Retrieval Fleet

The fifty-boat Gilgad fleet bearing Rinkitink's royal standards that arrives to retrieve the king and carry him home.

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Glinda's Magic Carpet

Glinda's self-unrolling magic carpet, used as a portable safe roadway across the Deadly Desert and other dangerous ground.

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Glinda's Magic Rope

Glinda's magical rope as deployed by the Scarecrow to create a temporary ascent and descent route over otherwise impassable mountains.

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Glinda's Palanquin

Glinda's coach-like but wheel-less palanquin, carried on long bars by twelve servants during her march.

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Glinda's Stork Chariot

Glinda's fast stork-drawn aerial chariot in Glinda of Oz, used for travel between her palace and the Emerald City.

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Glinda's Swan-Drawn Aerial Chariot

Glinda's aerial chariot drawn by twenty milk-white swans in The Lost Princess of Oz; its identity relative to her later stork chariot is unresolved.

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Glinda's Twenty Milk-White Swans

The explicitly numbered team of twenty milk-white swans that draws Glinda's aerial chariot in The Lost Princess of Oz.

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Glinda's White Storks

Glinda's white storks: sixteen directly carry her in Rinkitink in Oz, while a stork team later draws her aerial chariot in Glinda of Oz.

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Golden Cap

The magical control artifact that permits its owner a limited number of commands to the Winged Monkeys, including repeated passenger airlifts.

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Gump

An improvised sofa-bodied flying construction brought to life and used as an intelligent aerial passenger carrier.

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Hank the Mule

Betsy Bobbin's stout mule, repeatedly used as her riding mount when she tires of walking.

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High Coco-Lorum's Dragon-Chariot

The High Coco-Lorum's gold-and-jeweled chariot drawn by a lever-operated mechanical dragon, an observed example of Thi's auto-dragon transport.

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High Coco-Lorum's Mechanical Dragon

The lever-operated artificial dragon that draws the High Coco-Lorum's chariot; the text states that many auto-dragons are used by wealthy inhabitants of Thi.

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Historical Regos-Coregos Raider Boats

The ten boatloads of Regos-Coregos warriors associated with an earlier attack on Pingaree and later destroyed in a storm.

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Hungry Tiger

The Hungry Tiger serves with the Cowardly Lion as a royal chariot draft animal and also carries riders directly.

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Inga's Magic Boat

Inga's roomy black boat with polished silver lining, ordinarily rowed but also capable of magically returning to him after a prescribed signal.

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Jim the Cab-Horse

Zeb's biological cab-horse and the motive power for Zeb's Buggy during the California and underground journey.

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Johnny Dooit's Sand-Boat

Johnny Dooit's wind-driven runner-equipped hybrid boat and sled, built specifically to cross the Deadly Desert and destroyed after the high-speed crossing.

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King Rinkitink's Arrival Boat

The royal boat in which King Rinkitink arrives at Pingaree with twenty men and ceremonial fittings.

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Magic Belt

The Nome King's Magic Belt, later used for long-distance and mass magical relocation of people, animals, and even vehicles.

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Ork

The intelligent flying Ork, whose revolving tail assists its flight and which transports Button-Bright directly and reduced passengers in an improvised sunbonnet carrier.

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Ozma of Oz Broad-River Ferry

The ferry used by Ozma's returning company to cross a broad river near the end of Ozma of Oz.

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Ozma's Golden Chariot

Ozma's recurring golden royal chariot, characteristically drawn by the Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger and used in several later books.

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Ozma's Red Wagon

Ozma's recurring open red wagon, normally drawn by the Sawhorse and used for repeated long-distance journeys across later Oz books.

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Pingaree Pearl-Trade Boats

The six-boat annual Pingaree trading expedition carrying pearls outward and returning with merchandise, food, and supplies.

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Prince Inga's Oyster Boat

Prince Inga's small personal boat used in connection with oyster and pearl gathering around Pingaree.

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Queen Cor's Royal Barge

The large swift escape vessel used by Queen Cor and King Gos, propelled by forty picked oarsmen and carrying royal treasure.

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Quox

The dragon Quox temporarily fitted with twelve double seats and used as a mass passenger carryall through the Forbidden Tube.

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Rainbow Pathway

The Rainbow as a fairy/cosmological transport pathway used by Polychrome to ascend and rejoin her sky family.

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Regos-Coregos Bridge of Boats

A removable bridge formed from boats and planks between Regos and Coregos, capable of being dismantled to control passage.

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Regos-Coregos Invasion Fleet

The hundreds of boats carrying the principal Regos-Coregos invasion force to Pingaree and transporting captives and plunder away.

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Royal College Racing Boats

Racing boats used by crews on the Royal College grounds, representing organized recreational water transport.

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Sawhorse

The animated wooden Sawhorse, a recurring steed and the principal draft power for Ozma's Red Wagon; Baum later calls him Ozma's favorite steed.

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Scarecrow's Corncob Boat

The Scarecrow's jeweled hollow-corncob boat, equipped with sail, steering, anchors, and fishing line in Little Wizard Stories of Oz.

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Scarecrow-Rescuing Stork

The individual speaking stork that lifts the Scarecrow from the river and carries him safely to the bank.

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Silver Shoes

The Silver Shoes worn by Dorothy, whose hidden power can carry the wearer to a commanded destination in three magical steps.

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Skeezer Submarine Fleet

Coo-ee-oh's several under-water boats stored beneath Skeezer village and used to travel between the submerged island and shore.

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Spider-Web Great Gulf Bridge

A temporary magically strengthened spider-web crossing spun across the Great Gulf for the Scarecrow to traverse.

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Three Enlarged Birds

Three birds magically enlarged so they can each carry a passenger in a suspended swing across the Deadly Desert.

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Tin Woodman's River Raft

A purpose-built log raft made by the Tin Woodman to cross the broad river; initially poled and later towed by the Cowardly Lion.

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Trick River Raft

A log raft constructed when the road ends at the Trick River; its movement is repeatedly controlled by the reversing current and later aided by an improvised tow-fish.

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Trick River Tow-Fish

A large fish accidentally harnessed through Ojo's improvised line and hook, towing the Trick River raft faster than the current until released.

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Wicked Witch of the West's Chariot

The Wicked Witch of the West's chariot, which she intends the Cowardly Lion to draw; the proposed use is explicit but never successfully occurs.

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Winged Monkeys

The Winged Monkeys repeatedly carry people and objects through the air under commands mediated by the Golden Cap.

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Winkie River Ferryman's Boat

A fine large boat operated by a Winkie ferryman who carries Dorothy's party by water toward the Emerald City.

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Wizard's Green Silk Balloon

The green-silk hot-air balloon built in the Emerald City for the Wizard and Dorothy's intended departure; it leaves with the Wizard alone.

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Wizard's Original Balloon

The balloon in which the Wizard was carried from the ordinary world into Oz, driven largely by atmospheric currents and with limited directional control.

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Woozy

The Woozy becomes a flexible multi-passenger carrier in The Lost Princess of Oz, carrying Trot and Scraps and even transporting other large animals across hazardous ground.

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Yellow Brick Road

The foundational road route leading toward the Emerald City and serving as the principal terrestrial transportation corridor of Dorothy's first Oz journey.

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Yellow Brick Road Ferry-Boat

The rowed ferry-boat serving a broad swift river crossing on Tip's route; passage is offered for payment.

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Zeb's Buggy

Zeb's ordinary American buggy, drawn by Jim the Cab-Horse, which accompanies the party through the earthquake descent and underground journey.

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