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312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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Includes index. |
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Subtitle from cover. |
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"Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Robert Byron, Edith Wharton, John Muir, Nellie Bly, Isabella Bird, Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, Apsley Cherry-Garrard" -- Cover. |
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Introduction / Mark MacKenzie -- Station life in New Zealand / Mary Anne Barker -- A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains / Isabella Bird -- The road to Oxiana / Robert Byron -- The worst journey in the world / Apsley Cherry-Garrard -- Voyages / James Cook -- The voyage of the Beagle / Charles Darwin -- American notes / Charles Dickens -- The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / Henry Fielding -- Summer on the lakes / Margaret Fuller -- The histories / Herodotus, trans. by George Rawlinson -- Tales of the Alhambra / Washington Irving -- English hours / Henry James -- A journey to the western islands of Scotland / Samuel Johnson -- Sea and Sardinia / DH Lawrence -- Missionary travels and researches in South Africa / David Livingstone -- The cruise of the snark / Jack London -- Letters / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- My first summer in the Sierra / John Muir -- Farthest north / Fridtjof Nansen -- Travels in the interior of Africa / Mungo Park -- Discovery of a north-west passage / William Edward Parry -- The travels of Marco Polo / Marco Polo -- With the Tibetans in tent and temple / Susanna Carson Rijnhart -- Through the Brazilian wilderness / Theodore Roosevelt -- South / Ernest Shackleton -- Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Life on the Mississippi / Mark Twain -- In Morocco / Edith Wharton -- Letters written during a short residence in Norway, Sweden and Denmark / Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Summary |
Journey back in time with this collection of classic travel writing from great authors and adventurers. These extraordinary odysseys over land and sea captivated audiences and gave them a glimpse into countries, cities and cultures like never before. Tales include Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition of 1910-13; Robert Byron's ten-month journey through Persia to Afghanistan in the early 30s; Jack London's 1907 sailing adventure across the south Pacific; and Teddy Roosevelt's scientific exploration of the Brazilian jungles exotic flora and fauna. Each author and their piece of writing is introduced by editor Mark Mackenzie, who gives context to the work and provides an insightful look into how travel has changed since they were originally published. |
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Travel -- Anecdotes.
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Travel -- History.
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Travelers' writings.
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Travel.
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Travel writing.
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MacKenzie, Mark.
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Barker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911.
Station life in New Zealand.
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Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904.
Lady's life in the Rocky Mountains.
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Byron, Robert, 1905-1941.
Road to Oxiana.
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Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959.
Worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Voyages.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
American notes.
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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Journal of a voyage to Lisbon.
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.
Summer on the lakes.
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Herodotus.
History.
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Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902.
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Tales of the Alhambra.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916.
English hours.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Journey to the western islands of Scotland.
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
Sea and Sardinia.
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Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
Missionary travels and researches in South Africa.
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London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Cruise of the snark.
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Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.
Correspondence.
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Muir, John, 1838-1914.
My first summer in the Sierra.
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Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930.
Fram over Polhavet. English.
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Park, Mungo, 1771-1806.
Travels in the interior districts of Africa.
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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855.
Discovery of a north-west passage.
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Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
Travels of Marco Polo.
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Rijnhart, Susanna Carson.
With the Tibetans in tent and temple.
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Through the Brazilian wilderness.
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
South.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
Travels with a donkey in the Cévennes.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Life on the Mississippi.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
In Morocco.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
Letters written during a short residence in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
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Lonely Planet Publications (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Curiosities and splendor |
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Lonely Planet curiosities and splendour |
| ISBN |
9781788683029 (hardback) |
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1788683021 (hardback) |
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