Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781579582470)

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 and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism).

For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Author: Jennifer Speake
ISBN-10: 1579582478
ISBN-13: 9781579582470
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2003
Pages: 1350
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 11.46lbs
Size: 11.52h x 9.49w x 5.26d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2002 pg. 2002
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 2015
Library Journal 12/01/2003 pg. 96
Booklist 03/01/2004 pg. 1237
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 468
Booklist 05/15/2004 pg. 1648
Choice 03/01/2004 pg. 1270