Classic travel writing books

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A superbly illustrated, silk-bound gift edition of one of the greatest travel adventures - Marco Polo set out from...  Read More >>

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An Imam in Paris (Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz), is one of the earliest records of the Muslim encounter with...  Read More >>

This study provides the first sustained analysis of the process by which images of Africa were transformed into...  Read More >>

In 1818 the diplomat Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) published this history of Arctic exploration from the Viking period...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1897, this two-volume work chronicles the expedition of Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen...  Read More >>

Annie, Lady Brassey (1839–1887) was an English travel writer best known for her accounts of ocean journeys undertaken...  Read More >>

In 1839 the British writer James Silk Buckingham travelled through the southern USA to investigate the practice...  Read More >>

In 1839 the British writer James Silk Buckingham travelled through the southern USA to investigate the practice...  Read More >>

Volume 1 of this 1846 work contains an account of the voyage to Newfoundland of Sir Richard Levinge (1811–84), army...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1899, and reissued here in the 1928 edition, this two-volume collection contains letters...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1899, and reissued here in the 1928 edition, this two-volume collection contains letters...  Read More >>

Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) was a British writer and scholar. In 1834 Martineau embarked on a two year tour of...  Read More >>

In 1895 Tom Browne and Stacey Blake, two talented young artists in their early twenties, set off to cycle from Nottingham...  Read More >>

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The first Blue Guide to cover the entire Indian subcontintent, from Assam to Tamil Nadu. Elegantly written by a...  Read More >>

Tuscan Cities, a passionate Italophile's glowing tribute, cannot fail to inspire anyone who has ever travelled to...  Read More >>

This 1855 publication by the leader of an unsuccessful search for missing Arctic explorers describes the harsh conditions...  Read More >>

In this book, published in 1856, the British explorer Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890) recounts his journey to Harar,...  Read More >>

Sir Samuel Baker (1821–93) was one of the most important British explorers of the nineteenth century. This 1867...  Read More >>

Blending accounts of customs and communities with over three hundred photographs, Bell leads readers from the Mosque...  Read More >>

Reginald Heber (1783–1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823. He travelled widely...  Read More >>