Travel literature is travel writing considered to have value as literature. Travel writing is a broad category of Writing concerned with various aspects of Travel. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Travel literature typically records the people, events, sights and feelings of an author who is touring a foreign place for the pleasure of travel. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of Transport from one location to another An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary.

To be called literature the work must have a coherent narrative, or insights and value, beyond a mere logging of dates and events, such as diary or ship's log. A narrative or story is a construct created in a suitable format (written spoken poetry prose images song Theater, or Dance) that describes a sequence of A travel journal, also called road journal or travelogue, is a record made by a voyager A Logbook was originally a book for recording readings from the log, and is used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time Literature that recounts adventure, exploration and conquest is often grouped under travel literature, but it also has its own genre outdoor literature; these genres will often overlap with no definite boundaries. An adventure is an activity that comprises Risky dangerous and uncertain experiences Outdoor literature is a Literature genre about or involving the outdoors This article focuses on literature that is more akin to tourism.

Contents 1 History 2 Travel guides 3 Types of travelogues 4 Notable travel writers and travel literature 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

One of the earliest known records of taking pleasure in travel, of travelling for the sake of travel and writing about it, is Petrarch's (1304–1374) ascent of Mount Ventoux in 1336. Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar Mont Ventoux (Ventor in classical norm or oc ''Ventour'' in Mistralian norm is a Mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km He states that he went to the mountaintop for the pleasure of seeing the top of the famous height. His companions who stayed at the bottom he called frigida incuriositas ("a cold lack of curiosity"). He then wrote about his climb, making allegorical comparisons between climbing the mountain and his own moral progress in life. Allegory in the Middle Ages was a vital element in the Synthesis of Biblical and Classical traditions into what would become recognizable as Medieval culture

Michault Taillement, a poet for the Duke of Burgundy, travelled through the Jura Mountains in 1430 and left us with his personal reflections, his horrified reaction to the sheer rock faces, and the terrifying thunderous cascades of mountain streams. Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which The Jura Mountains are a small Mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of Antoine de la Sale (c. Antoine de la Sale or la Salle (1385/6 to 1460/1 was a French Writer. 1388–c. 1462), author of Petit Jehan de Saintre, climbed to the crater of a volcano in the Lipari Islands in 1407, leaving us with his impressions. The Aeolian Islands ( Italian Isole Eolie) are a Volcanic Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. "Councils of mad youth" were his stated reasons for going. In the mid 15th century, Gilles le Bouvier, in his Livre de la description des pays, gave us his reason to travel and write:

Because many people of diverse nations and countries delight and take pleasure, as I have done in times past, in seeing the world and things therein, and also because many wish to know without going there, and others wish to see, go, and travel, I have begun this little book.

In 1589, Richard Hakluyt (c. Richard Hakluyt (, or) (c 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616 was an English writer 1552–1616) published Voyages, a foundational text of the travel literature genre.

Other later examples of travel literature include accounts of the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour was the traditional travel of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means Aristocrats, clergy, and others with money and leisure time travelled Europe to learn about the art and architecture of its past. One tourism literature pioneer was Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Travel literature also became popular during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) of medieval China. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Events By Place Europe Edgar the Peaceable is crowned King of England. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National ^[1] The genre was called 'travel record literature' (youji wenxue), and was often written in narrative, prose, essay and diary style. A narrative or story is a construct created in a suitable format (written spoken poetry prose images song Theater, or Dance) that describes a sequence of For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles see WikipediaManual of Style. An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view. For other uses of the term 'diary' see Diary (disambiguation. ^[2] Travel literature authors such as Fan Chengda (1126–1193) and Xu Xiake (1587–1641) incorporated a wealth of geographical and topographical information into their writing, while the 'daytrip essay' Record of Stone Bell Mountain by the noted poet and statesman Su Shi (1037–1101) presented a philosophical and moral argument as its central purpose. Fan Chengda ( 1126–1193 Courtesy name Zhineng (致能 was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD a government official Xu Xiake ( January 5 1587 — March 8 1641) born Xu Hongzu (徐弘祖 Courtesy name Zhenzhi (振之 Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena Topography ( topo-, "place" and graphia, "writing" is the study of Earth 's Surface features or those of Planets Su Shi ( 1037–1101 was a writer, poet, Artist, calligrapher, Pharmacologist, and Statesman of the Song Dynasty Su Shi ( 1037–1101 was a writer, poet, Artist, calligrapher, Pharmacologist, and Statesman of the Song Dynasty ^[3]

In the 18th century, travel literature was commonly known as the book of travels, which mainly consisted of maritime diaries. ^[4] In 18th century England, almost every famous writer worked in the travel literature form. ^[5] Captain James Cook's diaries (1784) were the equivalent of today's best sellers.

Travel guides

Main article: Guide book

Travel literature is not to be confused with travel guides, usually a series put out by a publisher, each dealing with a particular country, city or region. A guide book is a book for Tourists or travelers that provides details about a Geographic location, Tourist destination, or Itinerary. These are useful for travellers, as they provide a wealth of information on hotels, restaurants, major sights, travel tips etc. The writers are often specialists who travel and write these books for a living.

Types of travelogues

Some travel writers are people who travel and make their livings by writing about it. The Americans William Least Heat-Moon (b. William Least Heat-Moon, byname of William Trogdon (born 1940 is an American travel writer of English, Irish and Osage Nation ancestry 1940) and Paul Theroux (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American Travel writer and Novelist, whose best known work is perhaps 1941), the Welsh author Jan Morris (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jan Morris CBE (born on 2 October 1926 in Clevedon, Somerset, England) is a British Historian, author and Travel writer 1926) and the Englishman Eric Newby (1919–2006) come to mind, although Morris is also known as an historian and Theroux as a novelist. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Eric Newby CBE MC ( December 6, 1919 &ndash October 20, 2006) was an English Author of Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

There is a point, too, in which travel literature intersects with essay writing, as in V. S. Naipaul's India: A Wounded Civilization (1977), where a trip becomes the occasion for extended observations on a nation and people. An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul Kt, TC (born August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago) better known India A Wounded Civilization, by V S Naipaul, is the second book of his "India" trilogy after An Area of Darkness, and before Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Rebecca West's (1892–1983) work on Yugoslavia, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941) is another example. Cicely Isabel Fairfield ( December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983) known by her pen name Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (ISBN 0-14-018847-9 is an 1181-page travel book written by Dame Rebecca West, published in 1941 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Travel and nature writing merge in many of the works of Sally Carrighar (1895–1985), Ivan T. Sanderson (1911–1973) and Gerald Durrell (1925–1995). Sally Carrighar (1898&ndash1985 is a noted American naturalist and Writer. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ivan Terence Sanderson ( January 30, 1911 – February 19, 1973) was a naturalist and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 These authors are naturalists who write to support their great passion. Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Both Durrell and Sanderson can be quite funny. Charles Darwin (1809–1882) wrote his famous account of the journey of HMS Beagle at the intersection of science, natural history and travel. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common First Voyage On 27 September 1825 Beagle docked at Woolwich for repairs and fitted out for her new duties at a total cost of £5913

Literary travel writing also occurs when an author, famous in another field, travels and writes about his or her experiences. Examples of such writers are Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), Charles Dickens (1812–1870), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), Rebecca West (1892–1983), John Steinbeck (1902–1968) and Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966). Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 &ndash 16 July 1953 was a French -born Writer who became a Naturalised British subject Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cicely Isabel Fairfield ( December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983) known by her pen name Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.

Travel literature may be cross-cultural or transnational in focus, or it may involve travel to different regions within the same country. cross-cultural may refer to Cross-cultural studies, a comparative tendency in various fields of cultural analysis any of various forms of interactivity Transnationalism is a Social movement grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between People all around the world and the loosening of boundaries between The article is about the geographic sense of the term For other uses including Regions and Regional, see Region (disambiguation. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered as travel literature. Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space.

Fictional travelogues make up a large proportion of travel literature. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Although it may be desirable in some contexts to distinguish fictional from non-fictional works, such distinctions have proved notoriously difficult to make in practice, as in the famous instance of the travel writings of Marco Polo or John Mandeville. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. Marco Polo ( September 15 1254 – January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325 was a Venetian trader and explorer " Jehan de Mandeville " translated as " Sir John Mandeville " is the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of supposed travels written in Many "fictional" works of travel literature are based on factual journeys – Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness), presumably Homer's Odyssey (c. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist Heart of Darkness is a Novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. 8th cent. BCE) – while other works, though based on imaginary and even highly fantastic journeys – Dante's Divine Comedy (1321), Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), or Voltaire's Candide (1759), Samuel Johnson's Rasselas (1759) – nevertheless contain factual elements. The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. The Divine Comedy Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 Gulliver's Travels (1726 amended 1735 officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a François-Marie Arouet ( 21 November 1694 30 May 1778) better known by the Pen name Voltaire, was a French --> Candide ou l'Optimisme (1759 is a French Satire by the Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire, English translations of which Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia, often

Notable travel writers and travel literature

See outdoor literature for adventure/exploration/nature literature. Outdoor literature is a Literature genre about or involving the outdoors

• Pausanias (Second century CE)

  Description of Greece

• Abu ad-Din al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jubayr (1145–1214)
• Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Batutta (1304–c. Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Ibn Jubayr (1145-1217 ابن جبير) was an geographer, traveler and poet from Al-Andalus Biography Early life Born in Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta (أبو عبد الله محمد ابن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة (born February 1377)
• Richard Hakluyt (c. Richard Hakluyt (, or) (c 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616 was an English writer 1552–1616):

  The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589) — A foundational text of the travel literature genre

• François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz (1623–1668):

  Les voyages et observations du sieur de La Boullaye Le gouz (1653 & 1657) — One of the very first true travel books. François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz (1623 &ndash 1668/1669? was a French Aristocrat and extensive traveller

• Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)

  The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

• Samuel Johnson (1709–1784):

  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) — The lexicographer and his friend James Boswell (1740–1795) visit Scotland in 1773. was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan During his lifetime Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form today Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ( 1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three day journey through Scotland Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Boswell 9th Laird of Auchinleck ( October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a lawyer diarist and Author born in Edinburgh Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

• Laurence Sterne (1713–1768):

  A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768). Laurence Sterne ( November 24, 1713 &ndash March 18, 1768) was an Irish -born English Novelist and an Anglican Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by the Irish-born English author Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

• Jippensha Ikku (1765–1831)

  Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (The Shank's Mare) - one of the most famous of the Edo period michiyuki (journey) novels

• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)
• Karl Baedeker (1801–1859)
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870):

  American Notes (1842). was a Japanese Writer in the late Edo period. He lived primarily in Edo in the service of Samurai, but also spent some time in Osaka Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a abbreviated as Hizakurige and known in translation as Shank's Mare, is a Picaresque Comic novel (kokkei-bon written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九 The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a Journalist, Essayist and one of the Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Karl Baedeker ( 3 November, 1801 &ndash 4 October, 1859) was a German Publisher whose company Baedeker Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in January to June 1842 Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

  Pictures of Italy (1844–1845). Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

• Herman Melville (1819–1891):

  Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846). Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Typee ( 1846; in full: Typee A Peep at Polynesian Life) is American writer Herman Melville's first book For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display

  Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (1847) — Chronicles of Melville's experiences as a sailor in Polynesia. Omoo A Narrative of the South Seas is Herman Melville 's sequel to Typee, and as such was also autobiographical Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a Subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over

• Fran Levstik (1831–1887):

  Popotovanje od Litije do Čateža (1858) — A journey from Litija to Čatež that includes a very influential Slovenian literary programme. Fran Levstik ( September 28, 1831 - November 16, 1887) was a Slovenian Writer, Political activist, Playwright Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Litija is a town and a municipality in Slovenia, located in the Sava River Valley Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west

• Mark Twain (1835–1910)
• Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917)

  La 628-E8 (1908)

• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894):

  Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879). Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Octave Mirbeau ( February 16, 1848 in Trévières - February 16, 1917) was a French Journalist, Art critic Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year La 628-E8 is a 'novel' by the French novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, published by Fasquelle in 1907 Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes ( 1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson 's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

  The Silverado Squatters (1883). The Silverado Squatters (1883 is Robert Louis Stevenson 's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

• Norman Douglas (1868–1962):

  Old Calabria (1915). For the New Zealand politician see Norman Douglas (New Zealand George Norman Douglas ( December 8 1868 - February Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953):

  The Path To Rome (1902) — A ramble by foot from central France to Rome in 1901. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 &ndash 16 July 1953 was a French -born Writer who became a Naturalised British subject Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

• Yone Noguchi (1875–1947)

  The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (1903)

• W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965):

  On a Chinese Screen (1922) — Vignettes of China in the '30s from the master of the short story. Yone Noguchi, born (and known in Japan as Yonejiro Noguchi (野口米次郎 Noguchi Yonejirō, 1875 - 1947 was an influential writer of poetry fiction The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is the first English novel published in the United States by a person of Japanese ancestry William Somerset Maugham, CH ( January 25 1874 &ndash December 16 1965) was an English Playwright, Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930):

  Sea and Sardinia (1921). David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sea and Sardinia is a travel book by the English writer D H Lawrence. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

• Henry Vollam Morton (1892–1979)
• Rebecca West (1892–1983):

  Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941) — A 1,181-page look at Yugoslavia in 1937 by the pro-Serb West and a fascinating, if less than objective, account of this land before the tragedies of World War II and the 1990s wars. Henry Canova Vollam (" H V " Morton ( 26 July, 1892 &ndash 18 June, 1979) was a Journalist and pioneering Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Cicely Isabel Fairfield ( December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983) known by her pen name Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (ISBN 0-14-018847-9 is an 1181-page travel book written by Dame Rebecca West, published in 1941 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

• Thomas Raucat (1894–1976)

  L'honorable partie de campagne ("The honorable picnic", 1924)

  De Shang-Haï à Canton ("From Shanghai to Canton", 1927)

• J. Slauerhoff (1898–1936)

  Alleen de havens zijn ons trouw ("Only the Ports Are Loyal to Us", 1992 [1927–1932])

• Gordon Sinclair (1900–1984):

  Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India (1936) — A somewhat curmudgeonly account of 1934 travels in British India by a later famous Canadian journalist and television personality. Roger Poidatz (1894&ndash August 14, 1976) was a French Writer best known by his Pseudonym, Thomas Raucat. Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J Slauerhoff, was a Dutch Poet and Novelist. Allan Gordon Sinclair, OC, FRGS ( June 3, 1900 - May 17, 1984) was a Canadian journalist writer and commentator Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

• John Steinbeck (1902–1968):

  Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962) — A classic American road book describing Steinbeck's journeys with his poodle, Charley. John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Travels with Charley In Search of America is a travelogue by American author John Steinbeck. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966):

  Waugh Abroad: Collected Travel Writing — A classic account of the English novelist's restless wanderings around the world in the 1930s and later. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.

• Robert Byron (1905–1941):

  The Road to Oxiana (1937) — travels in Persia and Afghanistan

• Laurens van der Post (1906–1996):

  The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958) — Auberon Waugh (1939–2001) described van der Post as the person in whose company he'd most like to spend an evening. Robert Byron (1905-1941 was a British travel writer, best known for his travelogue The Road to Oxiana. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) (December 13 1906 &ndash December 16 1996 was a famous 20th century Afrikaner author of many Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Auberon Alexander Waugh (ˈɔːbərən ˈwɔː ( November 17, 1939 &ndash January 16, 2001) was a British author and Journalist. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. This book by the South African soldier/explorer/writer suggests why.

• Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003)
• Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990):

  Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra (1945) — This text describes Durrell's time in Corfu. Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, ( 3 June, 1910 &ndash August 24, 2003) was a British explorer Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea It should be read in tandem with his brother Gerald's My Family and Other Animals. Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of his childhood spent on the Greek island

  Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953) — Durrell's experiences in Rhodes. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island

  Bitter Lemons (1957) — Durrell in Cyprus. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía

• Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006)
• Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969)
• Patrick Leigh Fermor (b. Heinrich Harrer ( July 6, 1912 – January 7, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer sportsman Geographer Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL FZS (Sc, FRGS, FAGS ( 15 July 1914 &ndash 7 September 1969) was a Scottish Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Patrick 'Paddy' Michael Leigh Fermor DSO OBE (born 11 February 1915, London) is a British author scholar and soldier 1915):

  A Time Of Gifts (1977) — A journey by an 18 year old in 1933/4 overland from the Hook of Holland to Hungary, rewritten in old age from long lost notes. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A Time of Gifts is regarded by many observers as one of the classics of Travel literature. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

• Camilo José Cela (1916–2002):

  Viaje a la Alcarria (1948). Don Camilo José Cela Trulock Marquis of Iria Flavia (Don Camilo José Cela Trulock marqués de Iria Flavia ( May 11, 1916 — January Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• Eric Newby (1919–2006):

  A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (1958) — Popular English travel writer. George Eric Newby CBE MC ( December 6, 1919 &ndash October 20, 2006) was an English Author of Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• Lucjan Wolanowski (1920–2006):

  Post to Never-Never Land (Poland, 1968); reports from Australia;

  Heat and fever (Poland, 1970); reports from the work in World Health Organization Information department in Geneva, travels in New Delhi, Bangkok and Manila 1967-1968. Lucjan Wilhelm Wolanowski (born Lucjan Kon on February 26, 1920, Warsaw, Poland, died February 20, 2006 Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Outback or the Outback refers to remote arid areas of Australia, although the term colloquially can refer to any lands outside of the main Urban areas Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest The City of Manila Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• Richard Halliburton, one of the most famous explorers and adventure writers of his generation

The Royal Road to Romance, The Flying Carpet, New Worlds to Conquer, The Glorious Adventure, Seven League Boots

• Jack Kerouac (1922–1969):

  On the Road (1957)

  Dharma Bums (1958)

• Gerald Durrell (1925–1995):

  My Family and Other Animals (1956) — A description of an idyllic childhood on Corfu in the 1930s by the brother of Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990). Richard Halliburton ( 9 January 1900 – presumed dead after 24 March 1939) was an American Traveler, Adventurer Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951 and published by Viking Press in 1957. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) This is an article about the novel by Jack Kerouac For the band see Dharma Bums. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of his childhood spent on the Greek island Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) This text combines natural observations, humour, storytelling, and travel.

  Fillets of Plaice (1971). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

• Ted Simon (b. Ted Simon is a British journalist born in Germany He wrote for the English newspapers Daily Mail, The Observer and The Times 1932):

  Jupiter's Travels (1979)

• Tom Miller (1947)

  Best Travel Writing 2005, introduction, pp. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Miller (Washington DC August 11 1947 is an author primarily known for Travel literature. xvii-xxi, (2005)

  A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration, (2004) pp. 325-343.

  Writing on the Edge: A Borderlands Reader, (ed) (2003)

  Travelers' Tales -- Cuba, (ed) (2001)

  Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink: Offbeat Travels Through America's Southwest, (2000)

  Trading With the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba, (1992)

  The Panama Hat Trail: A Journey From South America, (1986)

  Arizona: The Land and the People, (ed) (1986)

  On the Border: Portraits of America's Southwestern Frontier, (1981)

• Rory Maclean (b. Rory MacLean is a Canadian Travel writer living in the UK whose best known works are Stalin’s Nose, a black and surreal travelogue through eastern Europe 1954):

  Stalin’s Nose (1992)

  The Oatmeal Ark (1997)

  Under the Dragon (1998)

  Next Exit Magic Kingdom (2000)

  Falling for Icarus (2004)

  Magic Bus (2006)

• Tahir Shah (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Tahir Shah (born 16 November 1966 in London) is an Anglo - Afghan author journalist and documentary maker 1966):

  "Sorcerer's Apprentice"

  "In Search of King Solomon's Mines"

  "Trail of Feathers"

  "The Caliph's House"

  "In Arabian Nights"

  "House of the Tiger King"

  "Beyond the Devil's Teeth"

• Jan Morris (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Jan Morris CBE (born on 2 October 1926 in Clevedon, Somerset, England) is a British Historian, author and Travel writer 1926):

  Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere (2001) — Author of many works, especially about cities. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

• Juan Goytisolo (b. Juan Goytisolo (born 1931 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Poet and Novelist. 1931)
• Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007)

  Another Day of Life (1976)

  The Soccer War (1978)

  The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat (1978)

  Shah of Shahs (1982)

  Imperium (1993)

  The Shadow of the Sun (2001)

• Cees Nooteboom (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ryszard Kapuściński ( IPA: kapuɕ'ʨiɲski; March 4 1932 - January 23, 2007) was a popular Polish Journalist Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Another Day of Life is a Non-fiction record of the first three months of the Angolan Civil War by the Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The "Football" War ( La guerra del fútbol, in Spanish) also known as the 100-hours War, was a five-day War fought by El Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Emperor Downfall of an Autocrat, published in 1978, is Polish Journalist Ryszard Kapuściński 's analysis of the decline Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Shah of Shahs, published in 1982, is Polish Journalist Ryszard Kapuściński 's analysis of the decline and fall of Mohammad Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Imperium in a broad sense translates as power. In Ancient Rome the concept applied to People, and meant something like "power Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Shadow of the Sun (Heban is a Non-fiction book by the Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński, published in English translation in 2001 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Cees Nooteboom, born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom July 31, 1933, in the Hague) is a Dutch author 1933)

  Berlijnse Notities (1990)

  Roads to Santiago (1992)

  Nootebooms Hotel (2002) — Dutch travel writer. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002)
• Venedikt Erofeev (1938–1990):

  Moskva–Pеtushki (1973) — A Russian tale of alcohol, love, and a train ride; translated into English as Moscow to the End of the Line. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison ( 14 September 1934 - 24 April 2002) was an American journalist essayist and memoirist Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Venedikt Vasilyevich Erofeev (Венедикт Васильевич Ерофеев ( October 24, 1938 &mdash May 11, 1990) was a Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Moscow-Petushki, also published as Moscow to the End of the Line, Moscow Stations, and Moscow Circles, is a Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.

• Peter Mayle (b. Peter Mayle (born June 14, 1939 in Brighton) is a British author famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France 1939)
• Colin Thubron (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron, CBE is a British travel writer and novelist 1939)
• Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989):

  In Patagonia (1977). Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Charles Chatwin ( 13 May 1940 - 18 January 1989) was an English novelist and Travel writer. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) In Patagonia is an English travel book written by Bruce Chatwin and published in 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

  The Songlines (1987) — An English stylist of the 20th century. The Songlines is a 1987 book written by Bruce Chatwin, combining Fiction and Non-fiction. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

• William Least Heat-Moon (b. William Least Heat-Moon, byname of William Trogdon (born 1940 is an American travel writer of English, Irish and Osage Nation ancestry 1940):

  Blue Highways: A Journey into America (1982) — An American Classic by an author well known for travel writing. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

• Frances Mayes (b. Frances Mayes (born 1940) is an American university professor, Poet, Memoirist Essayist and Novelist Born 1940):

  Under the Tuscan Sun (1996) — A memoir of buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in rural Tuscany in Italy. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

• Paul Theroux (b. Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American Travel writer and Novelist, whose best known work is perhaps 1941):

  The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) — Perhaps Theroux's most popular travel work. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Great Railway Bazaar is a 1975 Travelogue written by the American novelist Paul Theroux. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• Jonathan Raban (b. Jonathan Raban (b 14th June 1942 Hempton, Norfolk UK is a British Travel writer and Novelist. 1942)
• Michael Palin (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members 1943)
• Julian Barnes (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julian Patrick Barnes (born January 19, 1946 in Leicester, England) is a contemporary English Writer. 1946)
• Chris Stewart (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chris Stewart or Christopher Stewart may refer to Chris Stewart (author, former member of British band Genesis Chris Stewart (baseball 1950)

  Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia (1999)

  A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (2002)

  The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society (2007)

• Bill Bryson (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, (born 8 December 1951 is a best-selling American Author of humorous books on Travel, as well 1951):

  The Palace Under the Alps (1985) — An early work that is more of a travel guide than a narrative. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

  Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1992)

  Notes from a Small Island (1995) — Travels in the United Kingdom. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Notes from a Small Island is a travel book by Bill Bryson. It was written when the author was due to move back to his native United States but decided Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

  A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1999)

  I'm A Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away (2000)

  In a Sunburned Country (2001)

• Vikram Seth (b. A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 book by travel writer Bill Bryson, describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Vikram Seth (विक्रम सेठ pronounced /vɪkrəm seːʈʰ/ born June 20, 1952 is an Indian Poet, Novelist, travel 1952

  From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet (1983)

• Quim Monzó (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Quim Monzó (born March 24, 1952 in Barcelona, Spain) is a contemporary Catalan writer of short stories and 1952)
• Kenn Kaufman (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenn Kaufman (born 1954 is an American Author, Artist, naturalist, and Conservationist, known for his work on several popular 1954}:

  Kingbird Highway (2000)

• Paul Ruffino (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 1956)
• Pico Iyer (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pico Iyer (born 1957 is a British -born Essayist and Novelist of Indian descent 1957):

  Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-so-Far East (1988),

  Falling off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World (1993)

  Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions (1997),

  Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home (2000) — Three excellent collections of essays on the postmodern experience of travel. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

• Tony Horwitz (b. Tony Horwitz (born 1959 is an American Journalist and writer His works include Blue Latitudes, One for the Road Confederates 1959):

  One for the Road: An Outback Adventure (1987)

  Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia (1991)

  Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (1998)

  Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (2002)

  A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (2008)

• Jeffrey Tayler (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Confederates in the Attic is a work of non-fiction by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Tony Horwitz. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Blue Latitudes Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before is a book by Tony Horwitz. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Jeffrey Tayler is a US -born author and journalist He is the Russia correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a contributor to several other magazines 1962)

  Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia (1999)

  Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness (2000)

  Glory in a Camel's Eye: Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara (2003)

  Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel (2005)

  River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia's Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny (2006)

• Jorge Queirolo B. (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1963)
• Karl Taro Greenfeld (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1964):

  Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation (1995),

  Standard Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia — An exploration of the traveler/backpacker subcultures in the Far East during the 1990s by a writer who was there. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Speed Tribes Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation is a 1995 book by Karl Taro Greenfeld. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

• J. Maarten Troost (b. J Maarten Troost is the author of two humorous books regarding the part of his life spent in the South Pacific and one on a trip to China The Sex Lives of Cannibals 1969):

  The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (2004),

  Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu (2006)

• Cleo Paskal
• Tom Bissell (b. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sex Lives of Cannibals Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific is a 2004 travelogue by author J "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Getting Stoned with Savages A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu is a 2007 travel book by J Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cleo Paskal ( aka C Paskal) is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, (aka Royal Institute of International Affairs) and Adjunct Faculty in the Department Tom Bissell (born 1974 is a journalist critic and fiction writer originally from Escanaba Michigan. 1974)

  Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia (2003)

See also

• Exploration
• Travel journal
• Travel writing

References

• Batten, Charles Lynn, Pleasurable Instruction: Form and Convention in Eighteenth Century Travel Literature (1978)
• Speake, Jennifer (2003), ed. Charles Lynn Batten is an American literary critic and a professor in the department of English at the University of California Los Angeles. Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. 3 vol. [N. p. ]: Routledge. ISBN 1-57958-247-8.
• Stolley, Karen. El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes: un itinerario crítico. Ediciones del Norte. (1992)
• Fussell, Paul Jr. "Patrick Brydone: The Eighteenth-Century Traveler as Representative Man. " Literature as a Mode of Travel. New York Public Library Bulletin. (1963)

External links

• Studies in Travel Literature, by the Nottingham Trent Centre for Travel Writing Studies.
• "The Literature of Travel, 1700–1900" and "Essay on travel literature, from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907–1921). The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Originally published in 1907 - 1921, the 18 volumes include 303 chapters and more than 11000 pages
• Collection of readable and searchable texts online, written by American Travelers to Italy
• Additional readable and searchable texts online, written by American Travelers to Italy

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