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The Travel Writings of John Moore
Ben P. Robertson
Classic travel writing
Hardback
John Moore was a Scottish physician who travelled extensively and wrote immensely popular accounts of these, which brought... [more]
Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
Brian Melican
Poetry anthologies; Anthologies (non-poetry); Classic travel writing
Paperback
'German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during... [more]
Japanese Travellers in Sixteenth-Century Europe: A Dialogue Concerning the...
Derek Massarella
Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Classic travel writing
Hardback
In 1582 Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys to Europe. Until... [more]
Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe
Claire Jowitt
Classic travel writing
Hardback
Best known as editor of The Principal Navigations (1589; expanded 1598-1600), Hakluyt was a key figure in promoting English... [more]
Women's Travel Writings in Post-Napoleonic France, Part II
Benjamin Colbert
Gender studies: women; Classic travel writing
Hardback
This eight-volume set in two parts gives voice to some intrepid women travellers touring post-Napoleonic France. The volumes... [more]
Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts
Leila Koivunen (University of Turku, Finland)
Classic travel writing
Paperback
Examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century,... [more]
An Ottoman Traveller
Robert Dankoff
Travel & holiday; Classic travel writing
Paperback
Evliya Celebi was the 17th century's most diligent, adventurous, and honest recorder, whose puckish wit and humor are laced... [more]
The Home Of The Blizzard
Sir Douglas Mawson
Memoirs; Classic travel writing; Expeditions
Audio
The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues... [more]
Travels in Asia and Africa: 1325-1354
Ibn Battuta
Asian history; African history; Classic travel writing
Paperback
This edition, translated afresh from the Arabic text, provides extensive notes which enable the journeys to be followed in... [more]
Russian Frontiers: Eighteenth-Century British Travellers in the Caspian,...
Beatrice Teissier
European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Classic travel writing
Paperback
The vast and expanding Russian empire of the eighteenth century was inhabited by a great number of peoples. This book, part... [more]
Persia and its People
Ella C. Sykes
Classic travel writing
Hardback
This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author's extensive travelling in the country and... [more]
The Struggle for Persia
Donald Stuart
Middle Eastern history; Classic travel writing
Hardback
<p>This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of... [more]
Women's Travel Writings in Post-Napoleonic France, Part I
Benjamin Colbert
Gender studies: women; Classic travel writing
Hardback
This eight-volume set in two parts gives voice to some intrepid women travellers touring post-Napoleonic France. The volumes... [more]
The Home of the Blizzard: An Australian hero's classic tale of Antarctic...
Sir Douglas Mawson
Biography; Memoirs; Classic travel writing; Expeditions
Paperback
The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues... [more]
The Home Of The Blizzard
Sir Douglas Mawson
Memoirs; Classic travel writing; Expeditions
Audio
The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues... [more]
Exploration Fawcett
Percy Fawcett
History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Travel & holiday; Classic travel writing; Expeditions
Paperback
A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration... [more]
Women's Travel Writings in Italy, Part II
Betty Hagglund
Classic travel writing
Hardback
Chawton House Library: Women's Travel Writings are multi-volume editions with full texts reproduced in facsimile with new... [more]
British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901
Elizabeth H. Chang
Classic travel writing
Hardback
In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset... [more]
Women's Travel Writings in Italy, Part I
Betty Hagglund
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Gender studies: women; Classic travel writing
Hardback
Chawton House Library: Women's Travel Writings are multi-volume editions with full texts reproduced in facsimile with new... [more]
South: The Endurance Expedition
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Memoirs; Travel & holiday; Classic travel writing; Expeditions
Paperback
As the first world war broke out across Europe, Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole became trapped by ice. Their ship,... [more]
Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts
Leila Koivunen (University of Turku, Finland)
Classic travel writing
Hardback
Examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century,... [more]
George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca
George Sand
Biography: general; Travel & holiday; Classic travel writing
Hardback
George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca, a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. She... [more]
Women's Travel Writings in Revolutionary France, Part II
Stephen Bending
European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Gender studies: women; Classic travel writing
Hardback
Part of a seven-volume facsimile set, this volume comprises firsthand accounts of France in the 1790s. It includes Helen Maria... [more]
Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology of his Writings on the Country and...
Lafcadio Hearn
Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Classic travel writing
Paperback
Lafcadio Hearn is one of the best-known Westerners to ever make Japan his home [more]
Islamic and Middle Eastern Travellers and Geographers
Ian Richard Netton
Islam; Classic travel writing
Hardback
Features articles from the field of Middle Eastern geography to create a continuing resource for scholars and students. [more]
