In 1862, Duff Gordon embarked on a solo trip to Egypt in a bid to rid herself of consumption. She spent the next seven y...
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In 1908 Arthur Wavell left England to begin his journey to Mecca, and he undertook his pilgrimage in disguise. Divided i...
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Presents the first English translation from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and A...
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First published in 1900, Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world narrates his three-y...
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This volume reveals the extraordinary range of Daniel Defoe's intellectual interests. Three volumes are devoted to major...
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An anthology of several centuries worth of the world's best travel writing, assembled by Eric Newby, the author of 'A Sh...
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Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds fri...
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This account provides a firsthand view of a slaveocrat society. Toussaint-Samson writes of her experiences, painting a v...
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This account provides a firsthand view of a slaveocrat society. Toussaint-Samson writes of her experiences, painting a v...
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Largely ignored by both Western and Japanese scholars, this book presents an argument that for the full study of the Edo...
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In 184, French novelist Theophile Gautier was hired to write regular installments of a travelogue of his journey to and ...
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Features Michael Wood's magical journey through south-east India, which was inspired by a temple astrologer (who had acc...
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Presents a portrait of Rome, intended both as an introduction for visitors and an attempt to capture the ""mood"" of the...
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V.L. Cameron was the first European to cross Central Africa from East to West. His ""Across Africa"" is revealing readin...
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Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds fri...
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Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - and also back into ideas and worlds fri...
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This is the frank record of Dickens' experience of the New World, from his uncomfortable sea voyage to his perception of...
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