Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia Volume 1 A-F

by Jennifer Speake

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157958425X
• ISBN13: 9781579584252
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.