Classic travel writing books

Published in 1891, this book recounts the author's adventures on a journey in 1878 that took him from Bucharest,...  Read More >>

The small, handwritten volume which is Robert Marten's diary of his travels in East Anglia is carefully conserved...  Read More >>

This edition makes newly available C.P. Thunberg's writings on Japan, complete with illustrations. Fully annotated...  Read More >>

Moving from Greek villages to Turkish towns, the author of Shadow of the Silk Road and Night of Fire provides a...  Read More >>

Title on cover: The sultan's organ: the diary of Thomas Dallam, 1599: London to Constantinople and adverntures on...  Read More >>

Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare, the wife of English archaeologist and explorer James Theodore Bent, kept a series...  Read More >>

Taken for Wonder focuses on nineteenth-century travelogues authored by Iranians in Europe and argues for a methodological...  Read More >>

One of the leading German-language poets of the last century offers a compelling portrait of Parisian life, art...  Read More >>

Black & White edition One morning Carolina wakes up, determined to change something in her life. She has had enough...  Read More >>

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Journals from early ""tourists"" in Scotland provide a vivid record of the joys (and otherwise) of travel.  Read More >>

Picnic Crumbs is a collection of stories, from all sorts of people over several centuries, of food produced or eaten...  Read More >>

John Ross (1777-1856) made his second attempt to find a North-West Passage between 1829 and 1833. The expedition...  Read More >>

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Fully revised and updated new edition of this popular Blue Guide, by Sicily resident and tour guide Ellen Grady....  Read More >>

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Moritz von Kotzebue (1789–1861), an experienced seaman and soldier, travelled to the court of Fath Ali Shah Qajar...  Read More >>

Wer bei Dunkelheit reist, blickt mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit unterwegs irgendwann einmal zu den Sternen hinauf....  Read More >>

Explores Great Britain's countryside and transport links. This title not only offers insights into the routes and...  Read More >>

In 1875 Isabella Bird published this account of six months in Hawaii. During this time she explored the islands...  Read More >>

Amelia Edwards (1831–1892) was an English novelist, journalist and travel writer who, after visiting Egypt in 1873–1874,...  Read More >>

An amusing and erudite account of Harry Bucknall's 183-day journey through the Greek islands from Venice, in the...  Read More >>

Captures the essence of Marrakesh: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and the sounds of...  Read More >>

Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook...  Read More >>