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A selection of the best of Henry James' travel-writing. Henry James was not only a novelist who wrote with the elegance of Marcel Proust: he was also a renowned travel writer and …
Casting a visionary eye over the eighteenth century, Jules Vernes traces navigation to the first astronomers and cartographers in this history of early expeditions. Assessing the …
The Duckworth Discoverers Series aims to republish classic texts in their original form which are of interest today, tracing the adventures of bygone travel writers. An observant …
Officially commissioned to explore the Zambezi river for mineral deposits and opportunities for trade, David Livingstone left England in 1858 and discovered an area whose sharp …
Sir Henry Stanley is most known for his expeditions and explorations in Africa. However, as a journalist he spent much time in other continents before his famous search for …