Classic travel writing books

Women move beyond 19th century conventions to travel and write in Latin America.  Read More >>

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Mark Twain's voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867 produced The Innocents Abroad, a...  Read More >>

A collection of essays that reveal the author in the aspect in which he was known best to the world - as a traveler...  Read More >>

In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem,...  Read More >>

Wandering beyond the boundaries of travel, the author entered into the soul of ancient Ionia, examining the ever-present...  Read More >>

There are few authors whose names can be as immediately identified by a large international public as that of Charles...  Read More >>

Chawton House Library: Women's Travel Writings are multi-volume editions with full texts reproduced in facsimile...  Read More >>

A travel book that focuses on Venice, one of the world's most famous tourist destinations.  Read More >>

A comprehensive anthology selected by the great explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison. The ultimate in travel writing,...  Read More >>

Shelby Tucker first went to East Africa in 1967 to visit his university friend Marios Ghikas who then farmed on...  Read More >>

William Bartram portrayed nature through the lens of experience as well as scientific observation. 'The Bartram...  Read More >>

William Bartram portrayed nature through a poetic lens of experience as well as scientific observation, and his...  Read More >>

"In the eighteenth century, the academic scholar Ibn al-Tayyib made a rihla (journey) from Morocco to the Hijaz,...  Read More >>

A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration...  Read More >>

In the 1920's, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were among the world's last wild places. Largely unmapped...  Read More >>

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Describing a journey across China to Burma, this vivid and precise account follows Australian-born foreign correspondent...  Read More >>

The western coast of Turkey has captivated travellers for centuries. With its dramatic mountains and idyllic bays,...  Read More >>

Fay was a contemporary of Jane Austen, but her adventures are worthy of a Daniel Defoe heroine. Her letters-unfiltered,...  Read More >>

Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.  Read More >>

Cooper published, eventually, five volumes of travel writings in epistolary form on his journeys around western...  Read More >>

The lake of Lop-nor, the 'heart of the heart of Asia', is one of the world's strangest phenomena. Today, this once...  Read More >>

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