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François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz (1623–1668) Les voyages et observations du sieur de La Boullaye Le gouz (1653 & 1657) – one of the first true travel books. Edward Terry (1590–1660) A Voyage to East-India (1655) Pietro Della Valle, (1586–1652), Italian who traveled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period.
Mandeville's Travels. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Islamic world as far as India and China. The earliest-surviving text is in French, followed by translations into ...
Northwest Passage. Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937. Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War.
The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. [2] Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered steamship Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867.
Bruce Chatwin. Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial ...
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe is a 1991 humorous travelogue by American writer Bill Bryson. [1] It documents the author's tour of Europe in 1990, with flashbacks to summer tours he made in his college days. [2] On his 1972 tour, he travelled with his friend Matt Angerer, pseudonymised in the book as Stephen Katz, who also appeared ...
Travels is a 1988 nonfiction book by Michael Crichton that details how he abandoned his medical education at Harvard Medical School, moved to Los Angeles, and began his professional writing career with The Great Train Robbery (1975). After this book became a movie starring Sean Connery, Crichton undertook a variety of international adventures ...
The Man Who Folded Himself is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer David Gerrold. [1] It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1974. The book explores the psychological, physical, and personal challenges that manifest when time travel is possible for a single individual at the ...
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