{"product_id":"literature-of-travel-and-exploration-jennifer-speake-9781579582470","title":"Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cp\u003eContaining 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). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the \u003cem\u003eLiterature\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eof Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e website.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Speake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1579582478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781579582470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.52h x 9.49w x 5.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2003 pg. 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2003 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 1237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 1648\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 1270","brand":"Jennifer Speake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113627332863,"sku":"9781579582470","price":831.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84233f94-e752-4820-a3fc-383abfc57b2e.jpg?v=1769616258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literature-of-travel-and-exploration-jennifer-speake-9781579582470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}