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), ...
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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.
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Add this copy of Literature of Travel and Exploration: an Encyclopedia to cart. $79.05, fair condition, Sold by Reliant Bookstore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from El Dorado, KS, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.
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Add this copy of Literature of Travel and Exploration: an Encyclopedia to cart. $79.05, fair condition, Sold by Reliant Bookstore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from El Dorado, KS, UNITED STATES.
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Fair. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes highlighting. This is a ex library book stickers and markings accordingly. May have varying covers. Fast Shipping-Mailed in plastic mailer!
