Voyages and Visions
Title | Voyages and Visions PDF eBook |
Author | Jaś Elsner |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781861890207 |
A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing. With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.
Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries ...
Title | Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries ... PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Seccombe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Voyages and travels |
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Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo
Title | Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo PDF eBook |
Author | Marco Polo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Asia |
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Travels with My Aunt
Title | Travels with My Aunt PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Greene |
Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1412849012 |
The story of Henry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager, who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot and breaks all currency regulations.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
Title | A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kerr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 686 |
Release | 1824 |
Genre | Voyages and travels |
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A Collection of Voyages and Travels ...
Title | A Collection of Voyages and Travels ... PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1732 |
Genre | Navigation |
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“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World
Title | “A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World PDF eBook |
Author | John Pinkerton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1032 |
Release | 1809 |
Genre | Voyages and travels |
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