Classic travel writing books

Timeless travel writing from a classic author, Charles Dickens' vivid descriptions of touring Italy at the dawn...  Read More >>

In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson took month-and-a-half-long tour of California - an interlude that became...  Read More >>

Joao Rodrigues was appointed to compile a history of the Jesuit mission in Japan, 1549-1620. This account describes...  Read More >>

This volume offers those parts of Pieter Van den Broecke's manuscript that describe the four trading voyages he...  Read More >>

This is the first fully annotated old-spelling edition of the entire text of the autograph English journal of Robert...  Read More >>

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In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson took month-and-a-half-long tour of California - an interlude that became...  Read More >>

‘One of the non-fiction books of the year.’ Andrew O’ Hagan A powerful, evocative and...  Read More >>

'Lugworm on the Loose' describes how Ken and B quit the ‘rat race’ and explored the Greek islands ­under sail. 'Lugworm...  Read More >>

Edward Allcard's epic two crossings of the Atlantic in the mid-twentieth century in his thirty-four-foot, forty-year-old...  Read More >>

Recounting Alf Bonnevie Bryn and George Ingle Finch's memorable trip to Corsica in 1909, Peaks and Bandits is a...  Read More >>

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This book chronicles Forster's infatuation and exasperation, fascination, and amusement at this idiosyncratic court,...  Read More >>

Guy Kennaway's novel about Jamaican life and culture is set in the fictional village of Angel Beach. It is an affectionate...  Read More >>

Veronica was not a casual traveler but a young musician married to a scholar. She was determined to make use of...  Read More >>

This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios,...  Read More >>

Part travelogue, part spiritual self-help book; A modern-day pilgrimage to ten monasteries around the world.  Read More >>

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A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The...  Read More >>

A new edition of an irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.  Read More >>

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Victorian Women's Travel Writing on Meiji Japan narrates forgotten stories of cross-cultural friendship and love...  Read More >>

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Shooting an Elephant tells the story of a police officer in Burma who is called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant....  Read More >>