Travel literature
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The genre of travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. Throughout history, many authors have contributed works to this genre thro
Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on a Latin edition of The Travels of Marco Polo
Claife Station, built at one of Thomas West's 'viewing stations' to allow visiting tourists and artists to better appreciate the picturesque English Lake District
Travels with Charley
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his
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…in Italy and Other Essays (1916); Mornings in Mexico and Other Essays (1927); Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941); and John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962). British mountaineer and author Gwen Moffat wrote many novels and memoirs centered on her nomadic lifestyle and professional career, as the first…
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Rocinante, Steinbeck's camper truck which he used to travel across the United States in 1960, now at the National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California