Classic travel writing books

"More than two centuries have passed since the publication of William Bartram's Travels in 1791. His work was visionary,...  Read More >>

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William Henry Hudson (1841-1922) was born in Argentina, the son of settlers of US origin. Having settled in England...  Read More >>

ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE'S The Malay Archipelago is a work of astounding breadth and originality that chronicles the...  Read More >>

Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with...  Read More >>

Sam Manicom’s dramatic fourth book takes the reader on an enticing yet frequently challenging motorcycle journey...  Read More >>

Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was created from the letters that she wrote home to her sister and others....  Read More >>

Evliya Celebi was the Orhan Pamuk of the 17th century, the Pepys of the Ottoman world - a diligent, adventurous...  Read More >>

The extraordinary Rosita Forbes explored the Libyan desert, sailed across the Red Sea, and trekked more than a thousand...  Read More >>

Presents the author's travels from Tripoli in Libya to the city of Kairouan in modern Tunisia. This book features...  Read More >>

Rudyard Kipling is the doyen of travel writers. His genius for evoking the sights, sounds and atmosphere of a place...  Read More >>

Presents a nineteenth-century account of Constantinople - which begins with a dazzling description of the city gradually...  Read More >>

Written by Henry James, Portraits is a record of the author's reminiscences of his travels in Italy, France, and...  Read More >>

Sir Francis Bond Head (1793–1875) wrote Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among...  Read More >>

Around the time he set off for the South Seas, the celebrated Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson arranged for...  Read More >>

In 1763, Tobias Smollett set sail from Folkestone to Boulogne. He would not return to England for two years, during...  Read More >>

It was the Belle Epoque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking,...  Read More >>

A marvellous romp through a hundred years of Victorian tourism on the continent  Read More >>

Worn down by life in New York City, Justine van der Leun sublets her apartment, leaves her magazine job, and moves...  Read More >>

Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare was the extraordinary wife of the English explorer and archaeologist James Theodore...  Read More >>

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Drawing on published and unpublished accounts from writers and public figures visiting Germany, this book creates...  Read More >>

A travelogue of an adventurous Charlestonian that highlights the rich intellectual life of the antebellum South....  Read More >>

"In 2010, the 50th anniversary of the first publication of ""Venice"" is celebrated - one of the finest travel books...  Read More >>

Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in...  Read More >>