Classic travel writing books

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River of Time

River of Time

Author: Jon Swain
ISBN: 9780749320201
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Oxford Book of Travel Stories

The Oxford Book of Travel Stories

Author: Patricia Craig
ISBN: 9780192142535
Format: Hardback
$49.95

A unique anthology of stories concerned with travel, abroad or at home, exotic or domestic, featuring journeys by...  Read More >>

On Horseback Through Asia Minor

On Horseback Through Asia Minor

Author: Frederick Burnaby ,  Peter Hopkirk (, Freelance writer and journalist)
ISBN: 9780192825001
Format: Paperback
$48.95

In the savage winter of 1876 Captain Frederick Burnaby rode 1,000 miles eastwards from Constantinople to see for...  Read More >>

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

Author: Francis Parkman ,  Bernard Rosenthal
ISBN: 9780192823465
Format: Paperback
$10.95

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

The Virago Book Of Women Travellers.

The Virago Book Of Women Travellers.

Author: Mary Morris ,  Larry O'Connor
ISBN: 9781860492129
Format: Paperback
$27.99

A volume in which rich and unexpected seams of precious materials await discovery' - The Guardian  Read More >>

The Soul Of A People

The Soul Of A People

Author: Harold Fielding-Hall
ISBN: 9789748304175
Format: Paperback
$47.52

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A Rough Trip To Rangoon In 1846

A Rough Trip To Rangoon In 1846

Author: Colesworthy Grant
ISBN: 9789748299792
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This is an account, with accompanying sketches, of a trip to Rangoon, when it was still a small trading outpost....  Read More >>

Travelers' Tales of Old Cuba: From Treasure Island to Mafia Don

Travelers' Tales of Old Cuba: From Treasure Island to...

Author: Professor John Jenkins
ISBN: 9781876175375
Format: Paperback
$25.95

There are few places in the world as colourful and interesting as Cuba, and the largest island in the Caribbean...  Read More >>

English Hours

English Hours

Author: Henry James ,  Leon Edel
ISBN: 9780192813213
Format: Paperback
$6.50

English Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1905. The book collected various essays James...  Read More >>

Handbook to Singapore

Handbook to Singapore

Author: G.M. Reith ,  Walter Makepeace
ISBN: 9780195826241
Format: Paperback
$18.95

This handbook for European visitors, first published in 1892, now portrays a vanished era, but still contains much...  Read More >>

Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan

Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan

Author: Albert Von Le Coq ,  A. Barwell
ISBN: 9780195838787
Format: Paperback
$31.95

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The Mission to Siam and Hue, 1821-22

The Mission to Siam and Hue, 1821-22

Author: George Finlayson ,  D. K. Wyatt
ISBN: 9780195888799
Format: Hardback
$69.95

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The Heart of a Continent

The Heart of a Continent

Author: Sir Francis Younghusband ,  Peter Hopkirk
ISBN: 9780195838404
Format: Hardback
$42.50

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A Tour in Burma in March and April 1892

A Tour in Burma in March and April 1892

Author: F.O. Oertel
ISBN: 9789748299730
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This is an illustrated, detailed survey of historical sites in Burma.  Read More >>

Chinese Central Asia

Chinese Central Asia

Author: Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine ,  Alastair Lamb
ISBN: 9780195838435
Format: Hardback
$57.50

This account of the experiences and impressions gained by the British Consul-General at Kashgar, Sir Clarmont Skrine,...  Read More >>

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions...

Author: Jason Wilson ,  Alexander Humboldt
ISBN: 9780140445534
Format: Paperback
$42.99

One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas...  Read More >>

Great Southern Landings

Great Southern Landings

Author: Jan Bassett
ISBN: 9780195535822
Format: Hardback
$44.95

This is selection of 90 extracts from the writings of notable explorers and imaginers of the Antipodes, dating from...  Read More >>

Alone Among the Zulus: The Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country

Alone Among the Zulus: The Narrative of a Journey Through...

Author: Catherine Barter ,  Patricia L. Merrett
ISBN: 9780869809143
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Presenting a narrative of Catherine Barter's journey to the Zulu country, this book describes the Zulu kingdom in...  Read More >>

Italian Hours

Italian Hours

Author: Henry James ,  John Auchard
ISBN: 9780140435078
Format: Paperback
$44.88

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Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail

Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail

Author: Matthew C. Field ,  Clyde Porter
ISBN: 9780806127163
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A collection of journals and articles by the 19th-century journalist, Matthew C. Field as he joined a company of...  Read More >>

Island: Diary of a Year on Easdale

Island: Diary of a Year on Easdale

Author: Garth Waite ,  Vicky Waite
ISBN: 9781851587247
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Island is a detailed and lovingly illustrated account of a newly married couple's first idyllic year on the tiny...  Read More >>

My Kenya Days

My Kenya Days

Author: Wilfred Thesiger
ISBN: 9780006383925
Format: Paperback
$23.99

Following on from the author's autobiography, ""The Life of My Choice"", this book provides a record of Thesiger's...  Read More >>

Unsuitable for Ladies

Unsuitable for Ladies

Author: Jane Robinson
ISBN: 9780192824899
Format: Paperback
$36.95

Real ladies do not travel - or so it was once said. This collection of women's travel writing dispels the notion...  Read More >>

Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert through the Pamirsand Hunza

Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria,...

Author: Sir Francis Younghusband
ISBN: 9788120608504
Format: Hardback
$154.44

Deals with travellers such as Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942 - Journeys - Asia, Central. Younghusband,...  Read More >>

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