Classic travel writing books

"Written as a series of 27 letters or reports for the ""Daily News"" in the autumn of 1852, this travelogue offers...  Read More >>

"The chronicle of British savant Edward William Lane's first experiences with the Egyptian landscape, its antiquities...  Read More >>

Scotland is one of the most well-recorded countries in terms of travel writing, with the Romans the first to record...  Read More >>

First published in 1794, with a reprint in 1967, this book includes a succinct account of life along the River Sierra...  Read More >>

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Tim Flannery brings together these two classic bestselling Australian tales of travel and exploration. Tench introduces...  Read More >>

An English translation of a tale of the shipwreck off the coast of Africa of a Siamese embassy to Lisbon in 1686...  Read More >>

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Winner of the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, it is a document at once personal, poetic and subtly political - a masterly...  Read More >>

These tales and descriptions of the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska were written by one of the world's most famous big...  Read More >>

Combining biographical data with recent theoretical studies on travel writing, Between History and Romance unravels...  Read More >>

Enhanced with over 200 rare illustrations, this thrilling firsthand account relates the tension and triumph attendant...  Read More >>

H V Morton goes IN SEARCH OF IRELAND by motor-car. Originally published in the 1920s, anecdotal, leisurely, full...  Read More >>

In this re-issue of his best-selling travel text, the famous early twentieth century journalist, H. V. Morton, goes...  Read More >>

H. V. Morton goes IN SEARCH OF SCOTLAND, a land to which he is a complete stranger. The result is a characteristically...  Read More >>

In this reissue of his popular travel text, H.V. Morton goes in search of Wales and finds equal delight in climbing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1872, this work is based on the author's experiences in the town of Oberammergau, Germany,...  Read More >>

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This text provides a detailed tale of the authors' journey to Oregon, as well as two years spent in the West. Along...  Read More >>

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed...  Read More >>

Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina...  Read More >>

Fascinating humorous account of 1897 voyage to Hawaii, Australia, India, New Zealand, etc. Ironic, bemused reports...  Read More >>