Classic travel writing books

"In the spring of 1894 Reuben Gold Thwaites, historian and State Historical Society of Wisconsin director, accompanied...  Read More >>

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On a 663-mile journey through the Scottish Lowlands and southwestern Highlands in the late summer and early autumn...  Read More >>

An authentic look at the standard operating procedures aboard a 19th-century ship by the author of Two Years Before...  Read More >>

Presents a journal by a mid-18th-century entrepreneur and explorer of coastal Georgia, illuminating the region's...  Read More >>

' 'Peter Raby's book follows a disparate crew of botanists, scientists and collectors, who tried to order the earthly...  Read More >>

This dictionary identifies over 6000 British and Irish travellers who toured in Italy in the 18th century. Compiled...  Read More >>

In the autumn of 1834, Alexander Kinglake and John Savile set out together for Turkey and the Levant. When Savile...  Read More >>

A captivating portrait of a 19th-century seafaring woman during her first year of marriage, based on her diaries....  Read More >>

""A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text... This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial...  Read More >>

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"A translated excerpt from the author's earlier work """"Drei Jahre in Sud-Afrika"""", published in 1868, this book...  Read More >>

In this exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary...  Read More >>

Fatalla Sayeghir was the assistant to a Napoleonic spy, de Lascaris, who undertook an extended mission amongst the...  Read More >>

Presents the history of Vijayanagar Empire that covers the periods from 1401-1800 AD.  Read More >>

Alexander Burnes undertook his voyage, which lasted 3 years, from 1831-1833. This work offers information on various...  Read More >>

Henri Gilbert, a French journalist, set out a century ago to walk around the world. His diary records his extraordinary...  Read More >>

This is an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's sojourn in the late-19th century wine country of Northern California....  Read More >>

The literary world was shocked when in 1889 R.L. Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently on the...  Read More >>

An anthology, arranged chronologically and stretching from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1990s, illustrates...  Read More >>

""Frederick Law Olmsted (1822--1903) is best known for designing parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston,...  Read More >>

A single-volume facsimile of the 1786 two-volume Observations, Relative to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year...  Read More >>

Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.  Read More >>