Orbis Publishing Ltd. was a United Kingdom-based publisher of books and partworks. The company was founded in 1970 and changed its name to De Agostini UK Ltd. in 1999, after being acquired by the Italian De Agostini group.
Partworks published by Orbis included:
The Home Computer CourseThe Home Computer Advanced CourseThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of AircraftWar in PeaceWar MachineThe Elite: Against All OddsThe Blues CollectionThe UnexplainedThe British EmpirePlay it TodayAll About ScienceThe Movie: The Illustrated History of the Cinema, published December 1979 to January 1983 in 158 chaptersWorld of AutomobilesOn Four Wheels in 165 partsOn Two Wheels in 121 partsThe Encyclopedia of Super CarsThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wildlife in 62 partsWarplane in 120 partsThe History of RockWorld War II" The Classic Collection"The Orbis Publishing Company [1] formed in 1994 is unrelated.
