Classic travel writing books

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In 1987 Alan Nebauer was preparing to sail single-handed around the world in the small 25-foot yacht he had fitted...  Read More >>

This nonfiction book views Canada from a personal perspective, similar to John Steinbeck's view of America in his...  Read More >>

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With a novelist's pen, Forster brings to life the fabled, romantic city of Alexander the Great, capital of Graeco-Roman...  Read More >>

In 1271 Marco Polo set out on a journey to China to meet the Mongol Emperor Kublaï Khan. He returned with stories...  Read More >>

This unusual travel guide provides detailed descriptions of specifically selected powerful places on this tiny island...  Read More >>

This 1934 novel Adrift in the Middle Kingdom (Het leven op aarde), is an epic sweep of narrative that takes the...  Read More >>

Alfred Raquez's Laotian Pages vividly describes his exploration of the diverse kingdoms of Laos at the turn of the...  Read More >>

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Puka-Puka is a triangular coral reef, some seven miles in circumference with three islands. It frames a lagoon so...  Read More >>

Eothen 'One of the most deliciously nasty booksin English literature.' - Jonathan Raban  Read More >>

'A man capable of breaking your heart ina single sentence and making you laugh out loud in the next.' - Tim Cahill...  Read More >>

Weaving the myths of the Sirens into the landscape and history of the island of Capri, this title focuses on the...  Read More >>

An extraordinary and invaluable portrait of Syria.  Read More >>

A vivid account of everyday encounters in the Russia-China borderlands.  Read More >>

A mid-19th-century American resident and traveller's account of Siam, including descriptions of the countrysides...  Read More >>

In the second edition of his travalogue of an exploratory journey through this high Himalayan region of western...  Read More >>

This is a report of a journey up the Irrawaddy River to Mandalay and Bhamo, a decade prior to the incorporation...  Read More >>

The diary of the Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Madras, who spent three weeks in Burma in 1874-75. He...  Read More >>

The author was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he...  Read More >>

Le Tour du monde was dreamed up in 1860 by L. Hachette and E. Charton as a way to popularize geography. Images played...  Read More >>

The Voyage to Lisbon is Fielding's last work, a piece of travel writing depicting his journey, for his health, to...  Read More >>

Birgit Haustedt guides readers through the city of Venice in poet's footsteps, showing us the sights through Rilke’s...  Read More >>