Travels in Various Countries of the East

Travels in Various Countries of the East

Author: Robert Walpole

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Published: 1820

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13:

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Summary: Consists of unpublished papers of Dr. Sibthorp, W.G. Browne, Col. Leake and other travellers, with descriptions of antiquities and notes and excursus by the editor


Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P

Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P

Author: Jennifer Speake

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9781579584245

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Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.