Classic travel writing books

This volume presents Schliemann’s 1865 travel diary from China and Japan, capturing a rare view of East Asia in...  Read More >>

This volume presents Schliemann’s 1865 travel diary from China and Japan, capturing a rare view of East Asia in...  Read More >>

Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writer Xu Xiake stands as China's...  Read More >>

Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writer Xu Xiake stands as China's...  Read More >>

Far Horizons is a globe-spanning coming-of-age memoir of a soldier turned peace-seeker, grappling with the timeless...  Read More >>

Some stories couldn’t happen just anywhere or any time. Often the scenery, setting or era is as central to the tale...  Read More >>

A first-hand survival story of an unusually daring and ambitious expedition on foot through 1,200 miles of East...  Read More >>

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From the Vanity Fair and New York Times contributor comes a “masterful blend of humor, heartache, and unforgettable...  Read More >>

A gorgeous photographic chronicle of the food and traditions of Korea’s Baekyangsa Temple.   Read More >>

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This book studies the Latin American travel writing of the journey to China from the nineteenth century to the beginning...  Read More >>

This collection of essays explores wonder in the context of early modern travel and travel writing, offering multifaceted...  Read More >>

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Ar drothwy trichanmlwyddiant ei enedigaeth, mae'r gyfrol hon yn cyflwyno'r astudiaeth lawn gyntaf o Thomas Pennant,...  Read More >>

In January 1947, Simone de Beauvoir landed at La Guardia airport and began a four-month journey that took her from...  Read More >>

Charles Halcombe served during the 1890s with China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service. Unusually he married a...  Read More >>

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First published in 1969 Brazil: Land Without Limits offers its readers the full flavour of this enchanting land...  Read More >>

The great French journalist Louis-Sébastien Mercier’s descriptions of an optimistic, utopian 18th-century London....  Read More >>

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The dramatic story of how the 13 mountain peaks, including the Matterhorn, were conquered by 25-year-old Edward...  Read More >>

The Crying of the Wind and The Living Stones make up British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun's unique memoirs and travelogues,...  Read More >>

Ibn Battuta’s journeys unveil a vibrant 14th-century Islamic world marked by enduring splendor and steady political...  Read More >>

Illustrated publications and the role of market forces in shaping representations of Egypt at a time when European...  Read More >>