Travel books have been written since Classical times. Those that are by notable authors and are themselves notable are listed here. Other books, even if by notable travel authors, are not included. ''Note: Listed by year of publication of the majority of the writer's notable works.''

Ancient Near East

*Wenamun, Egyptian priest *:''

Story of Wenamun The Story of Wenamun (alternately known as the Report of Wenamun, The Misadventures of Wenamun, Voyage of Unamūn, or nformallyas just Wenamun) is a literary text written in hieratic in the Late Egyptian language. It is only known from one incomp ...

'', account of his travels through the Mediterranean sea.

Classical Antiquity

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, wikt:Ξενοφῶν, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Anci ...

(431–355 BC) *:'' Anabasis'' - about the expedition of

Cyrus the Younger Cyrus the Younger ( peo, 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 ''Kūruš''; grc-gre, Κῦρος ; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general. He ruled as satrap of Lydia and Ionia from 408 to 401 BC. Son of Darius II and Parysatis, he died in 401 BC i ...

, a

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

n prince, against his brother, King Artaxerxes II. The book then moves on to Cyrus' Greek troops travels through Asia Minor back home to Greece. * Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 – after c. 180) *:''

True History ''A True Story'' ( grc, Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, ''Alēthē diēgēmata''; or ), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel written in the second century AD by the Greek author Lucian of Samosata. The novel is a sa ...

'' documents a fantastic voyage that parodies many mythical travels recounted by other authors, such as Homer; considered to be among the first works of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

. * Pausanias (fl. 2nd century) *:''

Description of Greece Pausanias ( /pɔːˈseɪniəs/; grc-gre, Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his ''Description of Greece'' (, ), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece ...

'' *

Decimus Magnus Ausonius Decimius Magnus Ausonius (; – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him. ...

(c. 310395) *:'' Mosella'' (''The Moselle'', c. 370) describes the poet's trip to the banks of the river Moselle, then in Gaul. * Faxian (c. 337 – c. 422), Chinese traveler to India and Ceylon *:'' A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fâ-Hien of His Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline'' * Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (fl. 5th century) *:'' De reditu suo'' (''Concerning His Return'', c. 416) the poet describes his voyage along the Mediterranean seacoast from Rome to Gaul. *'' Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis'' (c. 512-530)describes Saint Brendan's alleged voyage to North America. *

Cosmas Indicopleustes Cosmas Indicopleustes ( grc-x-koine, Κοσμᾶς Ἰνδικοπλεύστης, lit=Cosmas who sailed to India; also known as Cosmas the Monk) was a Greek merchant and later hermit from Alexandria of Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who ma ...

(fl. 6th century), Byzantine traveler who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. *:''

Christian Topography The ''Christian Topography'' ( grc, Χριστιανικὴ Τοπογραφία, la, Topographia Christiana) is a 6th-century work, one of the earliest essays in scientific geography written by a Christian author. It originally consisted of fiv ...

'' (c. 550)

Tang dynasty

Xuanzang Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...

(602664) *:'' Great Tang Records on the Western Regions'' (646) narrative of the Buddhist monk's journey from China to India. * Hyecho (704-787) *:'' Wang ocheonchukguk jeon'' (723727/728), travelogue by Buddhist monk Hyecho, who pilgrimaged from Korea to India. * Ennin (c. 793 or 794864), Japanese Buddhist monk who chronicled his travels in Tang China *:'' The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law'' (838-847)

10th century

* Ibn Hawqal, Arab writer, geographer, and chronicler. Travelled to remote parts of the European Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. ''Ṣūrat al-’Arḍ'' (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). *

Ahmad ibn Fadlan Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Rāšid ibn Ḥammād, ( ar, أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد; ) commonly known as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, was a 10th-century Muslim traveler, famous for his account of his ...

, ''Kitab ila Mulk al-Saqaliba'' (A letter to the king al-Saqaliba, Ibn Fadlan's account of the caliphal embassy from Baghdad to the King of the Volga Bulghars, c. 921)

11th century

Nasir Khusraw Abu Mo’in Hamid ad-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi ( fa, ناصر خسرو قبادیانی, Nasir Khusraw Qubadiani) also spelled as ''Nasir Khusrow'' and ''Naser Khosrow'' (1004 – after 1070 CE) w ...

(10041088), Persian traveler in the Middle East *:''

Safarnama ''Safarnāma'' () is a book of travel literature written during the 11th century by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077). It is also known as the ''Book of Travels.'' It is an account of Khusraw's seven-year journey through the Islamic world. He initially ...

'' (c. 1046)

12th century

* Abu ad-Din al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jubayr (11451217) *:'' The Travels of Ibn Jubayr'' (c. 1185) * Gerald of Wales (11461223) *:''

Itinerarium Cambriae The ''Itinerarium Cambriae'' ("The Itinerary Through Wales") is a medieval account of a journey made by Gerald of Wales, written in Latin. Gerald was selected to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, on a tour of Wales in 11 ...

'' (''Journey Through Wales'', 1191)

13th century

* Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229) *:'' Mu'jam Al-Buldan'' (''Dictionary of Countries'') * '' The Vinland Sagas'' (early 13th century) * Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1182 – 1252),

franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

and archbishop of Antivari *:'' Ystoria Mongalorum'' (c. 1240), the report of his embassy to the Great Khan on behalf of the Papacy. It is the oldest European account of the Mongols. * William of Rubruck (c. 1220 – c. 1293) *:''Itinerarium fratris Willielmi de Rubruquis de ordine fratrum Minorum, Galli, Anno gratia 1253 ad partes Orientales'' *

Marco Polo Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...

(12541324 or 1325), Venetian traveller to China and the Mongol Empire, and

Rustichello da Pisa Rustichello da Pisa, also known as Rusticiano (fl. late 13th century), was an Italian Romance (heroic literature), romance writer in Franco-Italian language. He is best known for co-writing Marco Polo's autobiography, ''The Travels of Marco Polo' ...

(fl. late 13th century), writer. *:''

Il Milione ''Book of the Marvels of the World'' (Italian: , lit. 'The Million', deriving from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), in English commonly called ''The Travels of Marco Polo'', is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from st ...

'' (1298)

14th century

* John of Montecorvino (1247–1328), Italian

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...

missionary, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Archbishop of Cambalec. *: ''Letters'' (1305-1306) * Odoric of Pordenone (1286–1331), Franciscan missionary who visited China *:''Viaggio del beato frate odorico di porto maggiore del friuli...'' *

Ibn Battuta Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (, ; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berbers, Berber Maghrebi people, Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, ...

(13041368 or 1369), Moroccan world traveler *:'' The Rihla'' (1355) literally entitled: "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling". *

Giovanni de' Marignolli Giovanni de' Marignolli ( la, Johannes Marignola;. ), variously anglicized as John of Marignolli or John of Florence, was a notable 14th-century Catholic European traveller to medieval China and India. Life Early life Giovanni was born, probab ...

*: ''Cronica Boemorum'' * John Mandeville, fictional character. *:''The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'' (c. 1356), an imaginary account of his travels in Asia based on a variety of true sources about the eastern countries, such as Pordenone's.

15th century

* Johannes Witte de Hese (c. 1400) *:''Itinerarius'', a fictional account with fantastic elements and impossible geography * Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo (died in 1412), Spanish ambassador of

Henry III of Castile Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health (, ), was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390. Birth and education Henry was born ...

to the court of

Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...

. *:''Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour at Samarcand AD 1403-6''. * Ghiyath al-din Naqqash who wrote, in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

, a detailed account of his travel from

Herat Herāt (; Persian: ) is an oasis city and the third-largest city of Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Selseleh-ye Safēd ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

on a diplomatic mission in 1420-1422. It became one of the most detailed accounts of China in the Persian and Turkish literature for the next century or two. * Ma Huan (ca. 1380 - 1460) and

Fei Xin Fei Xin (; - after 1436) was a member of the military personnel of the fleet of the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He, known as the author of a book about the countries visited by Chinese ships. Biography Little is known about Fei Xin's life. His ...

(ca. 1385 - after 1436), each of whom wrote a book about the lands visited with

Zheng He Zheng He (; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred ...

's fleet. *

Niccolò de' Conti Niccolò is an Italian male given name, derived from the Greek Nikolaos meaning "Victor of people" or "People's champion". There are several male variations of the name: Nicolò, Niccolò, Nicolas, and Nicola. The female equivalent is Nicole. The fe ...

(1395–1469), an Italian merchant who explored India, China and Indonesia from 1419 to 1444. *:His travel account was written by request of Pope Eugene IV and is included in Book IV of "De varietate fortunae" by

Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He was responsible for rediscovering and recovering many classi ...

. *

Pedro Tafur Pedro Tafur (or Pero Tafur) (c. 1410 – c. 1484) was a traveller, historian and writer from Castile (modern day Spain). Born in Córdoba, to a branch of the noble house of Guzmán,He dedicated his manuscript to Don Fernando de Guzmán, Chief Co ...

(c. 1410 – c. 1484) Spanish diplomat of king Juan II of Castile. He travelled across Europe, Morocco and the Near East. *:''Andanças e viajes de Pero Tafur por diversas partes del mundo avidos''. * Afanasy Nikitin (?1474), Russian merchant, traveler and writer *:''

A Journey Beyond the Three Seas ''A Journey Beyond the Three Seas'' (russian: Хожение за три моря, ''Khozheniye za tri morya'') is a Russian literary monument in the form of travel notes, made by a merchant from Tver, Afanasiy Nikitin during his journey to India ...

'', travel notes during his journey to India in 1466–1472. *

Conrad Grünenberg Conrad Grünenberg, also spelled Konrad, Grünemberg, Grünberg (probably born around 1415; died 1494) was a patrician from Constance in southern Germany, known as the author of three books, two armorials and a travelogue: the ''Österreichische ...

, ''Pilgrimage to the Holy Land'' (1486) * Bernard von Breydenbach (ca. 1440-1497) a deacon of

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, Germany. *: ''

Peregrinatio in terram sanctam Erhard Reuwich ( nl, Reeuwijk) was a Dutch artist, as a designer of woodcuts, and a printer, who came from Utrecht but then worked in Mainz. His dates and places of birth and death are unknown, but he was active in the 1480s. He came from a famil ...

(1486)'' an account of his travels to the Holy Land alongside

Erhard Reuwich Erhard Reuwich ( nl, Reeuwijk) was a Dutch artist, as a designer of woodcuts, and a printer, who came from Utrecht but then worked in Mainz. His dates and places of birth and death are unknown, but he was active in the 1480s. He came from a famil ...

, an artist hired specifically to make the woodblock prints for the ''Peregrinatio''. This book is one of the first fully illustrated pilgrims' guides in history. *

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

(c. 14501506), ''Journal of the first voyage''

16th century

* Ludovico di Varthema (1470 – 1517), Italian traveler, first non-Muslim European to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. *: ''The Itinerary of Ludovico Di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508'' * Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur (1483-1531), founder of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

*:''

Baburnama The ''Bāburnāma'' ( chg, ; literally: ''"History of Babur"'' or ''"Letters of Babur"''; alternatively known as ''Tuzk-e Babri'') is the memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great- ...

'', memoirs, including his descriptions of the places he lived and/or conquered. * Duarte Barbosa (?–1521), Portuguese writer and explorer who died in Magellan's circumnavigation *:'' The book of Duarte Barbosa: an account of the countries bordering the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants'' (1516, originally known through the testimony of Italian

Giovanni Battista Ramusio Giovanni Battista Ramusio (; July 20, 1485 – July 10, 1557) was an Italian geographer and travel writer. Born in Treviso, Italy, at that time in the Republic of Venice, Ramusio was the son of Paolo Ramusio, a magistrate of the Venetian ci ...

) * Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491 – c. 1531), Venetian explorer. *:''Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo'' (1524). An account of the first circumnavigation of the globe. * Gaspar da Cruz (ca. 1520–1570) *: ''Tratado das cousas da China'' became the first book-length work on China in Europe; it also told about the author's experiences in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

and Hormuz * Piri Reis (died in 1553) Turkish geographer known for his

World Map A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of map projection, projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensiona ...

. *: ''Kitab-ı Bahriye''(''Book of Navigation''), a detailed book about the Mediterranean Sea. * Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1488/1490 – 1557/1558), Spanish conqueror and explorer *:''La Relación'' (1542). An account of his eight year's captivity and exploration in North America. * Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509–1583), Portuguese explorer and writer *:'' Peregrinação'' (meaning "Pilgrimage", published posthumously in 1614) memoir of his travels in the Middle and Far East, Ethiopia, Arabian Sea, India and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, as one of the first Europeans to reach it in 1542. *

(1485–1557), Venetian geographer and compiler *:''Navigationi et Viaggi'' ("Navigations and Travels") (1555-1559); a large collection of explorers' first-hand accounts of their travels around the world, the first one of its kind. * Luís de Camões (~1525-1580) *:'' Os Lusíadas'' (1572) *

Richard Hakluyt Richard Hakluyt (; 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably ''Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America'' (1582) and ''The Pri ...

(c. 1552–1616), English priest and travel writings compiler *:'' The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation'' (1589) a foundational text of the travel literature genre. * Seydi Ali Reis (1498–1563), Turkish sailor. *:'' Mirat ul Memalik'' (''The Mirror of Countries'') about his voyage to India *

Anthony Knivet Anthony Knivet, also Anthony Knyvett or Antonie Knivet (fl. 1591–1649), was an English sailor who fell into Portuguese hands in Brazil, lived for a while with a native Brazilian tribe, and wrote about his adventures after his eventual return to ...

(fl. 1591–1649), British sailor and privateer, who was held captive in Brazil by the Portuguese and then by the indigenous

Tupí Tupí, also known as ''formatge de tupí'', is a fermented cheese of a certain area of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees made from cows' or sheep's milk. It is a cheese traditionally prepared in the mountainous Pallars region, as well as in the Cerda ...

. *:''The Admirable Adventures and Strange Fortunes of Master Antonie Knivet, which went with Master Thomas Candish in his Second Voyage to the South Sea'' (1591) *'' Jan Huyghen van Linschoten'' (1563 - 1611), Dutch merchant, trader, and historian who traveled throughout India and Southeast Asia as a secretary to the Portuguese Viceroy. *:''Itinerario'' (1596), published in English as ''Discours of Voyages into Y East & West Indies'' (1598)

17th century

Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

, (1567-1635), French explorer, founder of

New France New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spai ...

& Quebec City. *:''Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603'' (1604) *:''Brief Discours des Choses plus remarquables que Sammuel Champlain de Brouage a reconneues aux Indes Occidentalles au voiage qu'il en a faict en icettes en l'année 1599 et en l'année 1601, comme ensuite'' *:''Voyages de la Nouvelle France'' (1632 *:''Traitté de la marine et du devoir d'un bon marinier'' (1632) *

Samuel Purchas Samuel Purchas ( – 1626) was an England, English Anglican cleric who published several volumes of reports by travellers to foreign countries. Career Purchas was born at Thaxted, Essex, England, Essex son of an English yeoman. He graduated fr ...

, (c. 1577–1626), English cleric and travel writings compiler. *:''Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages'', (1613) *:''Purchas, his Pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of Man. Relating the wonders of his Generation, vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of his Regeneration'', (1619) *:''Hakluytus Posthumus'' or ''Purchas his Pilgrimes, contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and others'' (4 vols.), (1625). *

Thomas Coryat Thomas Coryat (also Coryate) (c. 15771617) was an English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. He is principally remembered for two volumes of writings he left regarding his travels, often on foot, through ...

, (c. 1577–1617), English traveller *: '' Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels'' (1611) * Pedro Páez, (1564–1622), Spanish

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

*: ''History of Ethiopia'' (1620), includes the first account of one of the sources of the

Nile River The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest rive ...

ever written by a European. * Evliya Çelebi, (1610–1683), Turkish traveller *: '' Seyahatname'' * Johann Sigmund Wurffbain (1613–1661) *:''Reise Nach Den Molukken Und Vorder-Indien, 1632–1646'' (Travel to the Moluccas and the Middle East Indies, 1632–1646) (1646) *

François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz (1623 – 1668/1669?), was a French aristocrat and extensive traveller. He published a French-language travelogue, enriched with firsthand accounts of India, Persia, Greece, the Middle East, Denmark, Germany, ...

(1623–1668) *:''Les voyages et observations du sieur de La Boullaye Le gouz'' (1653 & 1657) one of the first true travel books. * Edward Terry (1590–1660) *:''A Voyage to East-India'' (1655) *

Pietro Della Valle Pietro Della Valle ( la, Petrus a Valle; 2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652), also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period. His travels took him to the ...

, (1586–1652), Italian who traveled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period *:'' The travels of Signor Pietro Della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East India and Arabia deserts...'' * Jerónimo Lobo (1595–1678), a Portuguese

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missionary in

. *:''Itinerário''. This book was translated by

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...

in 1723 and inspired his own work '' The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia''. * François Bernier (1625–1688), personal physician of the Mughal emperor

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

during his long stay in India. *:''Travels in the Mogul Empire'' (1671) * Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689), gem merchant who made several trips to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668 *:''Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier'' (1675) *

Jean Chardin Jean Chardin (16 November 1643 – 5 January 1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book ''The Travels of Sir John Chardin'' is regarded as one of the finest ...

(1643–1713), jewellery trader who travelled to Persia and India *:''The Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia and the Orient'' (edited bit by bit between 1686 and 1711). *

Matsuo Bashō born then was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative '' haikai no renga'' form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest ma ...

(1644–1694) *:'' Nozarashi Kikō'' (Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton) (1684) *:''Kashima Kiko'' (A Visit to Kashima Shrine) (1687) *:''Oi no Kobumi'', or ''Utatsu Kiko'' (Record of a Travel-Worn Satchel) (1688) *:''Sarashina Kiko'' (A Visit to Sarashina Village) (1688) *:'' The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches'' (trans. 1967) *

Adam Olearius Adam Olearius (born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger, 24 September 159922 February 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, to ...

(1599–1671), German scholar,

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

, geographer and

librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...

*:''Beschreibung der muscowitischen und persischen Reise'' (1647)

18th century

George Shelvocke George Shelvocke (baptised 1 April 167530 November 1742) was an English Royal Navy officer and later privateer who in 1726 wrote ''A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea'' based on his exploits. It includes an account of how his s ...

(c. 1675 – 1742) English privateer who carried out a

Circumnavigation Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical object, astronomical body (e.g. a planet or natural satellite, moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first recorded circ ...

of the world. *:'' A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea'' (1723), a book that inspired

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' (originally ''The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere'') is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–1798 and published in 1798 in the first edition of ''Lyrical Ballad ...

by Samuel Coleridge. * Richard Pococke English bishop in Ireland, the traveller in Europe and the Middle East *:'' A Description of the East and Some other Countries'' *

Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...

(c. 1660–1731) English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy. *:" A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727, an account of Defoe's tours, or circuits, throughout England, Wales, and Scotland, with a focus on the social and cultural landscape as well as the geographic. *

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...

(1667–1745) *:''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

'' (1726, amended 1735, a satiric parody of the genre) *

Osman Aga of Temesvar Osman Ağa of Temeşvar ( tr, Temeşvarlı Osman Ağa; 1670–1725) was an Ottoman army officer and one of the few Turkish-language autobiographers of the era. The former prisoner-of-war wrote mostly about his adventures in Habsburg Austria, an ...

(1670–1725) Turkish soldier who wrote ''Gavurların Esiri'' ("Prisoner of Infidels") in 1724 about his POW days in Austria *

Charles Marie de La Condamine Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 – 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador, measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and prepar ...

(1701–1774), French geographer and mathematician who took part in the Geodesic Mission to Peru of 1735–1739, the first international scientific expedition. *:''Journal du voyage fait à l'Equateur servant d'introduction historique à la Mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien'' (1751) *

Jorge Juan y Santacilia Jorge Juan y Santacilia (Novelda, Alicante, 5 January 1713 – Madrid, 21 June 1773) was a Spanish mathematician, scientist, naval officer, and mariner. He determined that the Earth is not perfectly spherical but is oblate, i.e. flattened at the ...

and

Antonio de Ulloa Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt, FRS, FRSA, KOS (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish naval officer, scientist, and administrator. At the age of nineteen, he joined the French Geodesic Mission to what is now the country o ...

, two Spanish mathematicians who also participated in the aforementioned scientific expedition *: ''Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional'' (1748) *

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 168921 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served a ...

(1689–1762) known for the letters she wrote during several trips abroad, which were important for later female travel writers. These letters include: *:''

Turkish Embassy Letters The ''Turkish Embassy Letters'' are a letter collection of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's reflections on her travels through the Ottoman Empire between 1716 and 1718. She collected and revised them throughout her life, circulating the manuscripts a ...

'' letters describing her life as an ambassador's wife in Turkey, important as one of the earliest discussions of the Muslim world by a woman *

Frederic Louis Norden Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain, cartographer, and archaeological explorer. Also known as ''Frederick'', ''Frederik'', ''Friderick'', ''Ludwig'', ''Ludvig'' and ''Lewis'', names used ...

, Danish naval captain *: Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (1755), contains the first drawings of ancient Egyptian monuments. * Henry Fielding (1707–1754) *:"Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon" (1755) *

Ilarione da Bergamo Ilarione da Bergamo (1727?-1778) was an Italian Capuchin friar, who wrote an account of his travels in New Spain (colonial Mexico) 1761-1768. The narrative remained in manuscript form until its publication in Italian in 1976. A translation to Eng ...

''Daily Life in Colonial Mexico: The Journey of Friar Ilarione da Bergamo, 1761-1768''. *

Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for picaresque novels such as ''The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' (1751) a ...

(1721–1771) *:''

Travels through France and Italy ''Travels Through France and Italy'' is travel literature by Tobias Smollett published in 1766. After suffering the loss of his only child, 15-year-old Elizabeth, in April 1763, Smollett left England in June of that year. Together with his wife, ...

'' (1766) * Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) *:'' A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'' (1768) * Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811), French navigator, explorer and military commander. *:'' Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile'' (1772), a book about his

circumnavigation Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical object, astronomical body (e.g. a planet or natural satellite, moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first recorded circ ...

, famous at its time for his description of

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

as an paradisiac utopia. It also inspired

Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominen ...

's Supplément au voyage de Bougainville. *

(1709–1784) *:''

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ''A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three-y ...

'' (1775) the lexicographer and his friend

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (New Style, N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the Englis ...

(1740–1795) visit

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

in 1773. *

(1740–1795) *:" An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to That Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli" (1768) the earliest piece of literature about the

Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tuto ...

. *:" The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D" (1785) a travel journal by Boswell about his trip with

(1709–1784) to

in 1773. *

James Bruce James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first Europ ...

(1730–1794), a Scottish traveller in North Africa and Ethiopia. *:''

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773'' is a multi-volume account by the Scottish traveller James Bruce (1730–94) of his journeys in the Horn of Africa, which includes an eye-witness a ...

'' (1790) where he claims to have been the first European to discover the source of the Blue Nile, despite previous accounts by Paez and Lobo mentioned above. * Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar (1736–1799), Indian Catholic priest *:'' Varthamanappusthakam'' (1790) one of the earliest travelogues in an Indian language *

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...

(1743–1826) *:''Thomas Jefferson Travels: Selected Writings, 1784-1789'' record of Jefferson's travels in France, Holland, Germany and Italy, included in his Complete Works with selected portions in various collections of his writings. * Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823) *:''

A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794 ''A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, with a Return Down the Rhine: to which are added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland'' is a travel narrati ...

'' (1795) *

Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (, ; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationsh ...

(1759–1797) *:''A Short Residence in Sweden'' (1796) *:''

Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark ''Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark'' (1796) is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-century British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty-five letters cover a wide range of topics, from s ...

'' (1796) * Jippensha Ikku (1765–1831) *:'' Tokaidochu Hizakurige'' (The Shank's Mare) one of the most famous of the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

michiyuki is the term for a journey scene in Japanese theatre, which shows the characters dancing or conversing while travelling. The term , in its generic sense of ''michi wo yuku'' "to go on a road", is used in lyrical descriptions of journeys from th ...

'' (journey) novels. *

Sir Alexander MacKenzie Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, gd, Alasdair MacCoinnich; – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first crossing of America north of Mexico in 1793. The Mackenzie River is named after him. Early life ...

(1764-1820) *:'' Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793'' (1801)

19th century

Johann Gottfried Seume Johann Gottfried Seume (29 January 176313 June 1810) was a German author. Biography Seume was born in Poserna (now part of Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt). He was educated first at Borna, then at the Nikolai school and University of Leipzig. The study o ...

(1763–1810) *:''Spaziergang nach Syrakus'' (1803) * Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855) *:''

Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 ''Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803'' (1874) is a travel memoir by Dorothy Wordsworth about a six-week, 663-mile journey through the Scottish Highlands from August–September 1803 with her brother William Wordsworth and mutua ...

'' (finished and first circulated in 1803; first published in 1874) * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) *:''Letters on Silesia: Written During a Tour Through That Country in the Years 1800, 1801'' (1804) *

John Pinkerton John Pinkerton (17 February 1758 – 10 March 1826) was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy theory. He was born in Edinburgh, as one of three sons to Ja ...

(1758–1826) (editor) *:'' A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World; many of which are now first translated into English.''(1808-1814, in 17 volumes) *

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

(17431832) *:''

Italienische Reise ''Italian Journey'' (in the German original: ) is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's report on his travels to Italy from 1786 to 1788 that was published in 1816 & 1817. The book is based on Goethe's diaries and is smoothed in style, lacks the sponta ...

'' (1816–1817) * Domingo Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich , better known by his pseudonym

Ali Bey el Abbassi Domingo Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich; 1767–1818), better known by his pseudonym Ali Bey el Abbassi ( ar, علي باي العباسي, ''Alī Bay al-Abasī''), was a Spanish explorer, soldier, and spy in the early 19th century. He supported ...

(1767–1818), Spanish traveler and spy in the Middle East *:''Viajes de Ali Bey'' *

Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, FRS (27 October 1788 – 27 October 1873) was a British physician and travel writer. Early life Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Holland was the son of the physician Peter Holland (1766–1853) and his wife Mary ...

(1788–1873) *:''Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., during the years 1812 and 1813'' (1815) *

Marie-Henri Beyle Marie-Henri Beyle (; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (, ; ), was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (''The Red and the Black'', 1830) and ''La Chartreuse de P ...

(1783–1842), French novelist *:Rome, Naples et Florence (1817) * Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851), English writer, author of ''Frankenstein'' *:''

History of a Six Weeks' Tour ''History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni'' is a travel narrative by the English Romantic authors Mar ...

'' (1817) *:'' Rambles in Germany and Italy, in 1840, 1842, and 1843'' (1844) *

James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

(1789–1851) *:''Gleanings in Europe: Switzerland'' (1836) *:''Gleanings in Europe: The Rhine'' (1836) *:''Gleanings in Europe: England'' (1837) *

Marquis de Custine Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857) was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing, in particular his account of his visit to Russia, '' La Russie en 1839''. This work ...

(1790–1857) *:''Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia'' (1838) *

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

(1797–1856) *:''Reisebilder'' (1826–33), ''Harzreise'' (1853) * Frances Trollope (1779–1863) *:'' Domestic Manners of the Americans'' (1832) *

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...

(1783-1859) *:'' The Alhambra : a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards'' (1832) * Fanny Parkes (1794-1875) *:''Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East with revelations of life in the zenana, 2 vols'' (1850) *:''Begums, Thugs & Englishmen, the journals of Fanny Parkes'' (2002) *

Isabella Frances Romer Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852) was an English novelist, travel writer and biographer from London. Life The daughter of an army officer, Major-General John William Augustus Romer, and his wife Marianne, née Cuthbert, she was baptised at Mar ...

(1798–1852) *:''A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia and Palestine in 1845–6'' (1846) *

Flora Tristan Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso better known as Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 – 14 November 1844) was a French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued ...

(1803–1844) *:''Peregrinations of a Pariah'' (1838) *:''Promenades in London'' (1840) *

Karl Baedeker Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker ( , ; 3 November 1801 – 4 October 1859) was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. Karl Baedeker was descended from a long line of printers, book ...

(1801–1859), German publisher whose company set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists * Rifa'a el-Tahtawi (1801–1873), Egyptian traveler to France *:''Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz'' ("An Imam in Paris: Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831)", 1834) *

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

(1819–1898), German novelist and poet *:'' Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg'' (1862–1889) * Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839) the first modern "Holy Land" archaeologist, also a memoirist: *:''Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician'' (1846) *:''Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, forming the Completion of her Memoirs narrated by her Physician'' (1847) * George Borrow (1803–1881) *:''

The Bible in Spain ''The Bible in Spain'', published in London in 1843, is a travel book by the British writer George Borrow (1803–1881). It was a popular work when it appeared, running through several editions. Borrow tells of his travels through Spain while wor ...

'' (1843) *:'' Wild Wales'' (1862) *

Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie (born Strickland; 6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Biography Susanna Moodie was born in Bungay, ...

(1803–1885) *:''

Roughing it in the Bush ''Roughing It in the Bush'' (Full title: ''Roughing It in The Bush: or, Forest Life in Canada'') is an account of life as a Canadian settler by Susanna Moodie. Moodie immigrated to Upper Canada (soon to become Canada West), near modern-day Peterbo ...

'' (1852) * John Lloyd Stephens (1805–1852) *:''Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa and the Holy Land'' (1837) *:''Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland'' (1838) *:''Incidents of Travel in Central American, Chiapas and Yucatán'' (1841) *:''Incidents of Travel in Yucatán'' (1843) *

Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (; 29 July 180516 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville (), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works ...

(1805–1859) *:''Journey to America'' (1831–1832) *

Nehemiah Adams Reverend Nehemiah Adams (February 19, 1806 – October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. Biography He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 182 ...

(1806-1878) *:''A South-Side View of Slavery'' (1854) *

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

(1805–1875) *:'' The Improvisatore'' (1835) *

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

(1809–1882) *:''

The Voyage of the Beagle ''The Voyage of the Beagle'' is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his ''Journal and Remarks'', bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of ''The Narrative ...

'' (1839) *

Alexander Kinglake Alexander William Kinglake (5 August 1809 – 2 January 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, an ...

(1809–1891) *:''

Eothen Alexander William Kinglake (5 August 1809 – 2 January 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, an ...

'' (1844) *

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

(1812–1870) *:'' American Notes'' (1842) *:''

Pictures from Italy ''Pictures from Italy'' is a travelogue by Charles Dickens, written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it ...

'' (1844–1845) *

Herman Melville Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American people, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his bes ...

(1819–1891) *:'' Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life'' (1846) *:'' Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas'' (1847) chronicles of Melville's experiences as a sailor in

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

. *

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , , ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flauber ...

(1821–1880) left travel notes and

letters Letter, letters, or literature may refer to: Characters typeface * Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. * Letterform, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabe ...

, including: *:''Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour'' (publ.1972) letters *

Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural se ...

(1823–1913) *:'' The Malay Archipelago'' describes eight years exploring Indonesia and other islands * Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892) *:'' The Naturalist on the River Amazons'' (1863) describes 11 years in the Amazon rainforest *

Vishnubhat Godse Vishnubhat Godse (1827–1904) (commonly known as Godse Bhataji) was an Indian traveller and a Marathi people, Marathi writer. Godse is best known for his travelogue ''Maza Pravas: 1857 cya Bandaci Hakikat, Majha Pravas'' (''My Travels''), which is ...

(1827–1904), Indian traveller and writer *:'' Maza Pravas: 1857 cya Bandaci Hakikat'' ("My Travels: The Story of The 1857 Mutiny", 1907), description of his experiences of the

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during his travels in

North India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central ...

Mary Anne Barker Mary Anne Barker, Lady Barker (29 January 1831 – 6 March 1911), later Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome, was an English author. She wrote mainly about life in New Zealand. Biography Born Mary Anne Stewart in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she was the el ...

(1831–1911) *:''Station Life in New Zealand'' (1870) *:''A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa'' (1880) *

Isabella Bird Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar ...

(1831–1904) published more than a dozen books on her global travels, including: *:''The Englishwoman in America'' (1856) *:''The Hawaiian Archipelago'' (1875) *:''The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither'' (1883) *:''Korea and her Neighbours'' (1898) *:''The Yangtze Valley and Beyond'' (1899) *

Fran Levstik Fran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was one of the most prominent exponents of the Young Slovene political movement. Life and work Levstik was born in 18 ...

(1831–1887) *:''Popotovanje od Litije do Cateža'' (1858) a journey from

Litija Litija (; german: Littai''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90, 92–93.) is a town in the Litija Basin in central Slovenia. It is the ...

to Catež that includes a very influential Slovenian literary programme. * Ármin Vámbéry (1832-1913) *:''His Life and Adventrures'' (1889) *

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

(1834–1896) *:''Icelandic Journals'' (1911) *

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

(1835–1910) *:''

The Innocents Abroad ''The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress'' is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel ''Quaker City'' ( ...

'' (1869) *:''

Roughing It ''Roughing It'' is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870–71 and published in 1872, as a prequel to his first travel book ''The Innocents Abroad'' (1869). ''Roughing It'' is dedicated to Twa ...

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A Tramp Abroad ''A Tramp Abroad'' is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created f ...

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Following the Equator ''Following the Equator'' (sometimes titled ''More Tramps Abroad'') is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed ...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the harsh ...

(1811–1896) *:''

Palmetto Leaves ''Palmetto Leaves'' is a memoir and travel guide written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about her winters in the town of Mandarin, Florida, published in 1873. Already famous for having written ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), Stowe came to Florida after ...

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John Burroughs John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was ''Wake-Robin'' in 1871. In the words of his bio ...

(1837–1921) *:''Fresh Fields'' (1884) *

William Dean Howells William Dean Howells (; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ...

(1837–1920) *:''Certain Delightful English Towns'' (1906) *

Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

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A Little Tour in France ''A Little Tour in France'' is a book of travel writing by American writer Henry James. Published under the title ''En Province'' in 1883–1884 as a serial in ''The Atlantic Monthly'', the book recounts a six-week tour James made of many provinci ...

'' (1884) *:'' English Hours'' (1905) *:''

The American Scene ''The American Scene'' is a book of travel writing by Henry James about his trip through the United States in 1904-1905. Ten of the fourteen chapters of the book were published in the ''North American Review'', '' Harper's'' and the ''Fortnightl ...

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Italian Hours ''Italian Hours'' is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909. The book collected essays that James had written over nearly forty years about a country he knew and loved well. James extensively revised and sometimes expanded the ...

'' (1909) *

Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wr ...

(1844–1909) *:'' Sailing Alone Around the World'' (1899) *

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

(1850–1894) *:''

An Inland Voyage ''An Inland Voyage'' (1878) is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is Stevenson's earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature. As a young man, Stevenson desired t ...

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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes ''Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes'' (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Background Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his par ...

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The Silverado Squatters ''The Silverado Squatters'' (1883) is a Travel literature, travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbourne) to Napa Valley, California, in 1880. Background In July 1879, ...

'' (1883) * Sir Martin Conway (1856–1937) '' Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas (1894)'' ''Aconcagua and Tierra Del Fuego: A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration (1902)'' * Shibli Nomani (1857–1914), Indian Islamic scholar *:''Safarnama e Rome-o-Misr-o-Sham'' ("Travelogue of Rome and Egypt and Syria", 1892), a travelogue of Rome, Egypt, Syria and Turkey along with his scholar companion Thomas Walker Arnold *

Walter Roper Lawrence Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, 1st Baronet, (9 February 1857 – 25 May 1940) was a member of the British Council of India and an English author who served in the Indian Civil Service in British India and wrote travelogues based on his exper ...

(1857–1940), English writer who served in the Indian Civil Service *:''

The Valley of Kashmir ''The Valley of Kashmir'' (1895) is a book on Kashmir by the English writer Sir Walter Roper Lawrence. The author served in the Indian Civil Service in British India during which he was appointed as a Settlement Commissioner of Kashmir. ''The V ...

'' (1895) *:''The India we Served'' (1929) *

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

(1858–1919) *:''Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail'' (1888) *:''Through the Brazilian Wilderness'' (1914) *

Pandita Ramabai Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian Social Reformer. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of '' Pandita'' as a Sanskrit scholar and ''Sarasvati'' after being examined by the faculty of the Unive ...

(1858–1922), Indian feminist and women's rights activist *:''Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter: The Peoples of the United States'' (1889) *

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

(1861–1941) *:''Europe Jatrir Diary'' (Part I)(1891) *:''Japan Jatri'' (1919) *:''Russiar Chithi'' or ''Rashiar Chithi'' (1931) *:''Parashya Jatri'' (1932) *

Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch ( sr, Кнез Божидар Карађорђевић / ''Knez Božidar Karađorđević''; 11 January 1862 – 2 April 1908) was a Serbian artist, art writer, world traveller, and member of the Serbian Karađorđev ...

(1862–1908) *:''Enchanted India'' (1898) *

Mary Kingsley Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English ethnographer, scientific writer, and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of both African cultures and ...

(1862–1900) *:''Travels in West Africa'' (1897) *

J. Smeaton Chase Joseph Smeaton Chase (8 April 1864 – 29 March 1923) was an English-born American author, traveler, and photographer. He has become an integral part of California literature: revered for his poignant descriptions of California landscapes. An Eng ...

(1864–1923) *:''Yosemite Trails'' (1911) *:''California Coast Trails'' (1913) *:''California Desert Trails'' (1919) *

Nellie Bly Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaki ...

(1864–1922) *:''

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days Game board illustrating journalist Nellie Bly's circumnavigation of the globe (1889-1890), in the '' New York World'', 26 January 1890. ''Around the World in Seventy-Two Days'' is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing und ...

'' (1890) * Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), French Prime Minister and WWI leader *: ''Au Pied du Sinaï'' (1898; new ed. 2000). Travels in Jewish Europe down to Palestine * Edward Ermatinger (1797-1876) *: ''Edward Ermatinger's York Factory Express Journal: being a record of journeys made between Fort Vancouver and Hudson Bay in the years 1827-1828'' (published 1912) *

James Theodore Bent James Theodore Bent (30 March 1852 – 5 May 1897) was an English explorer, archaeologist, and author. Biography James Theodore Bent was born in Liverpool on 30 March 1852, the son of James (1807-1876) and Eleanor (née Lambert, c.1811-1873) ...

(1852-1897), British explorer and archaeologist *: ''The Cyclades, or, Life among the insular Greeks'' (London, 1885) *: ''The ruined cities of Mashonaland, being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891'' (London, 1891) *: ''The Sacred City of the Ethiopians. Being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893'' (London, 1893) *: ''Southern Arabia'' (London, 1900 – completed posthumously by

Mabel Bent Mabel Virginia Anna Bent (née Hall-Dare, a.k.a. Mrs J. Theodore Bent) (28 January 1847 – 3 July 1929), was an Anglo-Irish explorer, excavator, writer and photographer. With her husband, J. Theodore Bent (1852–1897), she spent two decades (1 ...

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20th century

Nagai Kafu Nagai may refer to: *Nagai (surname), a Japanese surname *Nagai, Yamagata, a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan *An alternative name for Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India * Nagai (''Star Wars''), a fictional alien race in the ''Star Wars'' f ...

''American Stories'' (being diaries of his travels through America, first published in Japanese as ''Amerika monogatari'', 1908), modern ed., Columbia University Press, 2000. * Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917) *:''

La 628-E8 ''La 628-E8'' is a novel by the French novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, published by Fasquelle in 1907. Part travelogue, part fantasy, part cultural commentary and critique, Mirbeau's book highlights its own unclassifiability: "Is it a diar ...

'' (1908) * Jelena Dimitrijevic (1862–1945) *:''Letters from Niš Regarding Harems'' (1897) *:''Letters from Salonica on the Young Turk Revolution'' (1918) *:''Letters from India'' (1928) *:''Letters from Egypt'' (1929) *:''The New World, alias: In America for a Year'' (1934) *

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

(1919) *

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

(1862–1937) *:''In Morocco'' (1920) * Daisy Bates (1859-1951)
''The Passing of the Aborigines''
(1938) *: *

Ekai Kawaguchi (February 26, 1866 – February 24, 1945) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who was famed for his four journeys to Nepal (in 1899, 1903, 1905 and 1913) and two to Tibet (July 4, 1900–June 15, 1902, 1913–1915). He was the first recorded J ...

(1866 - 1945) Three Years in Tibet (1909) *

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

(1867–1951) *:''Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908'' (English trans. 1940) explorations by Czarist spy who would later become President of Finland. * Norman Douglas (1868–1962) *:''Old Calabria'' (1915) *

Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the ''Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...

(1867-1957) *:''

On the Way Home ''On the Way Home'' is the diary of an American farm wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder, during her 1894 migration with her husband Almanzo Wilder and their seven-year-old daughter, Rose, from De Smet, South Dakota, to Mansfield, Missouri, where they se ...

'' (1962) *:'' West from Home'' (1974) *:''

A Little House Traveler ''A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America'' is a collection of early writings by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House series of children's novels. It consists of three parts: '' On the W ...

'' (2006) * Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) *:''Persian Pictures'' (1894) *:''Syria: The Desert and the Sown'' (1907) * Felix Salten (1869–1945) *:'' Neue Menschen auf alter Erde: Eine Palästinafahrt'' (1925) *:'' Fünf Minuten Amerika'' (1931) * André Gide (1869–1951) *:Amyntas (1906) *:Voyage au Congo (1927) – ('' Travels in the Congo'') *:Le retour de Tchad (1928) *:Retour de l'U. R. S. S. (1936) *:Retouches â mon retour de l'U. R. S. S (1937) *

Ernest Peixotto Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869–1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author. Although he was known mainly for his murals and his travel literature, his artwork also regularly appeared in ''Scribner's Magazine''. His 1916 work ''Our His ...

(1869–1940) *:''Our Hispanic Southwest'' (1916) contains the first usage of the ethnic slur "

spic ''Spic'' (also spelled ''spick'') is an ethnic slur used in the United States for people from Latin American countries and states. Etymology Some sources from the United States believe that the word ''spic'' is a play on a Spanish-accented pron ...

" *

Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (, ; 27 July 187016 July 1953) was a Franco-English writer and historian of the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. H ...

(1870–1953) *:''The Path To Rome'' (1902) a ramble by foot from central France to Rome in 1901. *

W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German un ...

(1874–1965) *:''On a Chinese Screen'' (1922) vignettes of China from the master of the short story. * Yone Noguchi (1875–1947) *:''

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl ''The American Diary of a Japanese Girl'' is the first English-language novel published in the United States by a Japanese writer. Acquired for ''Frank Leslie's Illustrated Monthly Magazine'' by editor Ellery Sedgwick in 1901, it appeared in two e ...

'' (1903) *

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

(1876-1916) *:''

The Cruise of the Snark ''The Cruise of the Snark'' (1911) is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the ''Snark''. Accompanying London on this voyage was his wife Charmian London ...

'' (1911) * Isidora Sekulic (1877–1958) *:''Pisma iz Norveške / Letters from Norway'' (1914) *

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

(1885–1930) *:''

Sea and Sardinia ''Sea and Sardinia'' is a travel book by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It describes a brief excursion undertaken in January 1921 by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, a.k.a. Queen Bee, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia. They v ...

'' (1921) * Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962) *:'' Out of Africa'' (1938) *

Alma Karlin Alma Ida Willibalde Maximiliana Karlin (October 12, 1889 – January 14, 1950) was a Slovenian traveler, writer, poet, collector, polyglot and theosophist. She was one of the first European women to circle the globe alone. Biography She was b ...

(1889-1950) *:'' Moj mali Kitajec: roman iz Kitajske / My little Chinese: a novel from China'' (1921) *:'' Urok Južnega morja / Im Banne der Sudsee'' (1930) *:'' Mistika Južnega morja, I. del Polinezija, II. del Melanezija-Mikronezija / Mistic of the South Sea; Polynesia, Melanesia- Micronesia'' (1931) *:''

Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...

'' (1932) *:'' Mesečeve solze: zgodba iz Peruja / The tears of the moon: a story from Peru'' (1935) *:'' Štiri dekleta v vetru usode: Zgodba z Južnega morja / Four girls in the wind of destiny: A story from South Sea'' (1936,1939,1943) *:'' Nabobova stranska žena / Nabob's side wife'' (1937) *:'' Mala Siamka / Little Siamese'' (1937) *:'' Najmlajši vnuk častitljivega I Čaa: novela iz Kitajske / The youngest grandson of the honorable I Čaa: a novel from China'' (1948) *:'' O Joni San: Japonske novele / O Joni San: Japanese novels'' (2006) *:'' Kot ujetnica pri lovcih na glavo na Novi Gvineji / As a prisoner among the head hunters in New Guinea'' (1960) *:'' Samotno potovanje / Einsame Weltreise'' (1969) *:a Slovene anthropologist who spoke 12 world languages published 24 books and over 40 literary works between 1921 and 1937 from her travels in China, Japan, Papua New Guinea, India, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, Peru. *

Henry Vollam Morton Henry Canova Vollam Morton (known as H. V. Morton), (26 July 1892 – 18 June 1979) was a journalist and pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England. He was best known for his many books on London, Great Britain and the Holy Land. He fi ...

(1892–1979) *:''The Heart of London'' (1925) *:''In Search of England'' (1927) * Frederick O'Brien (1869-1932) *:''White Shadows in the South Seas'' (1919) *:''Mystic Isles of the South Seas'' (1921) *:''Atolls of the Sun'' (1922 *

Rebecca West Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books ...

(1892–1983) *:''

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia'' is a travel literature, travel book written by Dame Rebecca West, published in 1941 in two volumes by Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan in the UK and by The Viking Press in the US. The ...

'' (1941) an 1,181-page look at

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

before

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. * Freya Stark (1893-1993) *:''The Valleys of the Assassins'' (1934) *:''The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut'' (1936) *:''Seen In The Hadhramaut'' (1938) *:''A Winter in Arabia'' (1940) *:''Ionia a Quest'' (1954) *:''The Lycian Shore'' (1956) *:''Alexander's Path'' (1958) *:''Riding to the Tigris'' (1959). *

Rahul Sankrityayan Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian writer and a polyglot who wrote in Hindi. He played a pivotal role in giving travelogue a 'literary form'. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars ...

(1893–1963), Indian writer, referred to as the "Father of Indian Travelogue" *:'' Volga Se Ganga'' ("A Journey From

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

", 1944) * Thomas Raucat (1894–1976) *:''L'honorable partie de campagne'' ("The honorable picnic", 1924) *:''De Shang-Haï à Canton'' ("From Shanghai to Canton", 1927) *

Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart ( , born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many oth ...

(1897-1937) *:''

20 Hrs., 40 Min. ''20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship'' is a book written by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. It was first published in 1928 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, but has continued to be reprinted in periodic new editions. A special "Author's ...

'' (1928) *:'' Last Flight'' (1937) *

J. Slauerhoff Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (15 September 1898 – 5 October 1936), who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers. Youth Slauerhoff attended HBS (secondary school) in Le ...

(1898–1936) *:''Alleen de havens zijn ons trouw'' ("Only the Ports Are Loyal to Us", 1992 927–1932 * Peter Aufschnaiter (1899–1973) *:''Eight Years in Tibet'' (1983) *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

(1899-1961) *:'' A Moveable Feast'' (1964; published posthumously) *

Emily Kimbrough Emily Kimbrough (October 23, 1899 – February 10, 1989) was an American author and journalist. Biography Emily Kimbrough was born in Muncie, Indiana. In 1921 she graduated from Bryn Mawr College and went on a trip to Europe with her friend Cor ...

(1899–1989) writer of travel humor *:''And a Right Good Crew'' (1958) * Gordon Sinclair (1900–1984) *:''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'' (1936) a somewhat curmudgeonly account of 1934 travels in British India by a later famous Canadian journalist and television personality. *

Richard Halliburton Richard Halliburton (January 9, 1900 – Declared death in absentia, presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American travel writing, travel writer and adventurer who swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its hi ...

(1900–1939), one of the most famous explorers and adventure writers of his generation *:''The Royal Road to Romance'' (1925) *:''The Glorious Adventure'' (1927) *:''New Worlds to Conquer'' (1929) *:''The Flying Carpet'' (1932) *:''Seven League Boots'' (1935) * Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) awarded the

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, 1938. *:''My Several Worlds'' (1954) *:''A Bridge For Passing'' (1962) *:''The People of Japan'' (1966) *:''China as I See It'' (1970) *

Vivienne de Watteville Vivienne Florence Beatrice de Watteville (1900–1957) was a British travel writer and adventurer, author of two books based on her experiences in East Africa in the 1920s, ''Out in the Blue'' (1927) and ''Speak to the Earth'' (1935). She is best ...

(1900–1957) *:''Out in the Blue'' (1927) *:''Speak to the Earth: Wanderings and Reflections among Elephants and Mountains'' (1937). *

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

(1902–1968) *:''

A Russian Journal ''A Russian Journal'', published by John Steinbeck in April 1948, is an eyewitness account of his travels through the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War era. Accompanied by the distinguished war photographer Robert Capa, Steinb ...

'' (1948) A trip through

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

and Georgia in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

shortly after

with the friend and renowned war photographer

Robert Capa Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to ...

. *:'' Travels with Charley: In Search of America'' (1962) an American road book describing Steinbeck's journeys with his poodle, Charley. *

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

(1902-1974) *:'' "WE"'' (1927) *:''

The Spirit of St. Louis The ''Spirit of St. Louis'' (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlanti ...

'' (1953) *

Bimal Mukherjee About Born in 1903, Bimal Mukherjee ( bn, বিমল মুখার্জী) (1903–1996) was the first Indian globe trotter to travel the entire world on a bicycle from the year 1926 to 1937. Though born in Odisha his ancestral house ...

(1903–1987), Indian globe trotter *:''

Du Chakay Duniya ''Du Chakay Duniya'' ( bn, দু চাকায় দুনিয়া ) (Meaning :The World on Two Wheels in English) is a Bengali book written by the first Indian Globe -Trotter Bimal Mukherjee (1903–1987) based on his experiences of tra ...

'' ("The World on Two Wheels", 1986), about his experiences of traveling through the world on a bicycle * Chiang Yee (1903–1977) *:'' The Silent Traveller series'' 11 books about his travels in Britain, the US and Japan *

Ella Maillart Ella Maillart (or Ella K. Maillart; 20 February 1903, Geneva – 27 March 1997, Chandolin) was a Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman. Early life Ella Maillart was the second child, born to a wealthy fur t ...

(1903 – 1997) – Swiss travel writer. ''Turkestan Solo - One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum'' (her journey from Moscow to Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan in 1932) ''The Cruel Way'' (from Geneva to Kabul) ''The Land of the Sherpas'' (photographs and texts on her first encounter with Nepal in 1951) * Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) *:''Waugh Abroad: Collected Travel Writing'' an account of the English novelist's restless wanderings around the world in the 1930s and later. *: ''Ninety-Two Days: Travels in Guiana and Brazil'' (1932) *: *Ferdinand Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, '' This Salzburg!'' (1937) *

J.M. Synge Edmund John Millington Synge (; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play ''The Playboy of the Western World'' was poorly r ...

(1871–1909) *:''The Aran Islands'', with illustrations by

Jack B. Yeats Jack Butler Yeats RHA (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother. Butler's early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pict ...

. (1907) *:''Travels in Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara'', with illustrations by Jack B. Yeats. (1911) *

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...

(1904–1991) *:''

Journey Without Maps ''Journey Without Maps'' (1936) is a travel literature, travel account by Graham Greene, about a 350-mile, 4-week walk through the interior of Liberia in 1935. It was Greene's first trip outside of Europe. He hoped to leave civilization and fin ...

'' (1936) * Gerald Brenan (1894–1987) *:''

The Spanish Labyrinth ''The Spanish Labyrinth'' (full title: ''The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War'') by Gerald Brenan, is an account of Spain's social, economic, and political history as the background of ...

'' (1943) *:''The Face of Spain'' (1950) * Robert Byron (1905–1941) *:'' The Road to Oxiana'' (1937) travels in

and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jun ...

(1906–1996) *:''The Lost World of the Kalahari'' (1958) Auberon Waugh (1939–2001) described van der Post as the person in whose company he'd most like to spend an evening. This book by the South African soldier/explorer/writer suggests why. * James Michener (1907-1997) *:'' Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections'' (1968) * Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) *:''

Tramp Royale ''Tramp Royale'' is a nonfiction travelogue by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, describing how he and his wife, Ginny, went around the world by ship and plane between 1953 and 1954. It was published posthumously in 1992, and subsequently ...

'' (1992) * Peter Fleming (1907–1971) – British adventurer and travel writer *:''

One's Company ''One's Company: A Journey to China'' (London: Cape, 1934) is a travel book by Peter Fleming, correspondent for ''The Times of London'', describing his journey day-by-day from London through Moscow and the Trans-Siberian Railway, then through Jap ...

: A Journey to China in 1933'' — Travels through the USSR,

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

and China. *:'' News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir'' — Journey from Peking to

Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natu ...

via Sinkiang. He was accompanied on this journey by

(Kini). Later reissued as half of ''Travels in Tartary''. *

Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...

(1908–1964) – British writer and spy. Brother of Peter Fleming. *:''

Thrilling Cities ''Thrilling Cities'' is the title of a travelogue by the James Bond author and ''The Sunday Times'' journalist Ian Fleming. The book was first published in the UK in November 1963 by Jonathan Cape. The cities covered by Fleming were Hong Kong,M ...

'' (1963) *

M. F. K. Fisher Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was an American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27 books, including a translation of ''The Physiology of Taste'' by Brillat-S ...

(1908 – 1992) *:''How to Cook a Wolf'' (1942) *:''Map of Another Town: A Memoir of Provence'' (1964) *:''Dubious Honors'' (1988) *:''Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon'' (1991) * Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) *:''Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir'' (1978) * Kenneth Anderson (1910 – 1974), British hunter and writer, wrote about his adventures in the jungles of

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...

*:'' Man Eaters and Jungle Killers'' (1959) *:'' Jungles Long Ago'' (1976) *

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

(1910–1999) *:''Yallah'' (1957) *:''Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue'' (1963) * Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003) *:''

Arabian Sands ''Arabian Sands'' is a 1959 book by explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger. The book focuses on the author's travels across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula between 1945 and 1950. It attempted to capture the lives of the Bedu pe ...

'' (1959) *:''The Marsh Arabs'' (1964) *

Gavin Young Gavin David Young (24 April 1928 – 18 January 2001) was a journalist and travel writer. He was born in Bude, Cornwall, England. His father, Gavin Young, was a lieutenant colonel in the Welsh Guards. Daphne, his mother, was the daughter of Sir ...

(1928–2001) *:'' Return to the Marshes'' (1977) *:''Iraq: Land of Two Rivers'' (1980) *:''Slow Boats to China'' (1981) *:''Halfway Around the World: An Improbable Journey'' (1983) *:''Slow Boats Home'' (1985) * Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) *:''Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra'' (1945) this text describes Durrell's time in

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

. It should be read in tandem with his brother Gerald's ''

My Family and Other Animals ''My Family and Other Animals'' (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on t ...

''. *:''Reflections on a Marine Venus'' (1953) experiences in

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

. *:''Bitter Lemons'' (1957) travels in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. *

Fosco Maraini Fosco Maraini (; 15 November 1912 – 8 June 2004) was an Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic. Biography He was born in Florence from the Italian sculptor Antonio Maraini (1886–1963) and Cornelia ...

(1912–2004) ''Secret Tibet'' (1952) ''Meeting with Japan'' (1960) *

Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, ''Oberscharführer'' in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of th ...

(1912–2006) *:''

Seven Years in Tibet ''Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After'' (1952; german: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama; 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich ...

'' (1952) ''Ladakh: Gods and Mortals Behind the Himalayas'' (1980) ''Return to Tibet'' (1985) *

Balraj Sahni Brigadier Balraj (born Balasegaram Kandiah) was a senior commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Early life Balraj was the fifth and youngest child of Kandiah and Kannagias. He received his primary education in Kokkuthoduwaai ...

(1913–1973), Indian actor and writer *:'' Mera Pakistani Safarnama'' ("My Pakistani Travelogue", 1960) *:''Mera Russi Safarnama'' ("My Russian Travelogue"; 1969) *

Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters. He wrote the book ''Ring of Bright Water'' (1960) about how he brought an otter ba ...

(1914–1969) *:''People of the Reeds'' (1957) *

Patrick Leigh Fermor Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War, and was widely seen as Britain's greates ...

(1915–2011) *:'' Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese'' (1953) *:''Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece'' (1966) *:''

A Time Of Gifts ''A Time of Gifts'' (1977) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. Published by John Murray when the author was 62, it is a memoir of the first part of Fermor's journey on foot across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constanti ...

'' (1977) Covers the first part of Fermor's journey from

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

as a 19-year-old in 1933-34. Rewritten in old age from memory, covering the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. *:''Between the Woods and the Water'' (1986) The second part of the journey begun in ''A Time of Gifts'', covering

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. *:''Three Letters from the Andes'' (1991) *:''The Broken Road'' (2013) The third part of the journey narrated in ''A Time of Gifts'' and ''Between the Woods and the Water'', covering

Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...

. *

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...

(1916–2002) *:''Viaje a la Alcarria'' (1948) *

Mary Lee Settle Mary Lee Settle (July 29, 1918 – September 27, 2005) was an American writer. She won the 1978 National Book Award for her novel '' Blood Tie''.''Blood_Tie''(1977)._This_novel,_which_received_the_National_Book_Award_in_1978,_deals_with_America ...

(1918 – 2005) *:''Turkish Reflections: A Biography of Place'' (1991) * Eric Newby (1919–2006), popular English travel writer *:''

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush ''A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'' is a 1958 book by the English travel writer Eric Newby. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the Hindu Kush, around the Nuristan mountains of Afghanistan, ostensibly to make the first mounta ...

'' (1958) *:''Slowly Down the Ganges'' (1966) *:''On the Shores of the Mediterranean'' (1984) * Lucjan Wolanowski (1920–2006) *:''Post to Never-Never Land'' (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, 1968) reports from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. *:''Heat and fever'' (

, 1970) reports from the work in

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

Information department in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

, travels in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

and

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

, 1967-1968. *

Jože Javoršek Jože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc (October 20, 1920 – September 2, 1990), a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist.India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

by one of the most important Slovenian essayists of the 20th century * Zulfikar "Zuko" Džumhur (1921,

Konjic Konjic ( sr-Cyrl, Коњиц) is a city and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northern Herzegovina, around southwest of Sarajevo. ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

– 1989) was a Bosnian writer, painter and caricaturist. He wrote screenplays and hosted TV show ''Hodoljublje'', a

travel documentary A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program, or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions without recommending particular package deals or tour operators. A travelogue film is an early type of travel ...

. He successfully produced this show for over ten years for television ''TV Sarajevo''. *:''Hodoljublja'' (1982, "TV Sarajevo"

) (Travelogue - a

with focus on culture, traditions, art and nature of Bosnia and Herzegovina, (ex) Yugoslavia and countries he sojourned, primarily

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

and countries of

Mediterranean Basin In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and w ...

.) *:''Nekrolog jednoj caršiji'' (1958) (Obituary of a caršija (the downtown/main street Ottoman-Turkish style bazaar)) (with an introduction by

Ivo Andric Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated So ...

) *:''Pisma iz Azije'' (1973) (Letters from Asia) *:''Pisma iz Afrike i Evrope'' (Letters from Africa & Europe) *:''Stogodišnje price'' (Centennial tales) *:''Putovanje bijelom Ladom'' (1982) (Voyage with white "Lada" ''("Lada" is a brand of Russian automobile)'') *:''Adakale'' *:''Zelena coja Montenegra'' (Green carpet of Montenegro - co-authored with Serbian novelist

Momo Kapor Momčilo "Momo" Kapor ( sr-cyr, Момчило Момо Капор; 8 April 1937 – 3 March 2010) was a Serbian novelist and painter. He authored several screenplays, over forty novels, short stories, travel and autobiographic books and essays. H ...

) *

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian a ...

(1922-1969) - American novelist, poet of French-Canadian descent *:''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

'' (1957) *

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

(1924–1984) – American writer, screenwriter and reporter *:

Local Color Local color/colour may refer to: * ''Local Color'' (book), a 1950 note and sketch study by Truman Capote * ''Local Color'' (Mose Allison album), 1958 * ''Local Color'' (University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One album), 2015 * ''Local Color'' (film ...

(1950) *:

The Muses Are Heard ''The Muses Are Heard'' is an early journalistic work of Truman Capote. Originally published in ''The New Yorker'', it is a narrative account of the cultural mission by The Everyman's Opera to the U.S.S.R. in the mid-1950s. Capote was sent to a ...

(1956) * Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) *:''

'' (1956) a description of an idyllic childhood on Corfu in the 1930s by the brother of Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990). This text combines natural observations, humour, storytelling, and travel. *:''Fillets of Plaice'' (1971) *

Jan Morris (Catharine) Jan MorrisJan Morris, Paul Clements, University of Wales Press, 2008, p. 7 (born James Humphry Morris; 2 October 192620 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the ''Pax Brita ...

(born 1926) author of many works, especially about cities; prior to the 1970s, her work was published under her previous name, "James Morris." *:''Coast to Coast'' (1956) *:''Oxford'' (1965) *:''The Matter of Wales'' (1984) *:''The World'' (Travels 1950 – 2000) *:''Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere'' (2001) * Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014) – American novelist, naturalist and founder of

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published works by Jack Kerouac, Philip ...

. *:''Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age'' (1962) *:''

The Snow Leopard ''The Snow Leopard'' is a 1978 book by Peter Matthiessen. It is an account of his two-month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya. Content The book recounts the j ...

'' (1978) *:''East of Lo Monthang: In the Land of Mustang'' (1995) *

Jean Baudrillard Jean Baudrillard ( , , ; 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet with interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as w ...

(1929–2007) *:"America" (1986) *

Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

(1928–1967) *:'' The Motorcycle Diaries'' (1952) Traces the 8000 km trip through South America of

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, then a 23-year-old medical student, and his friend Alberto Granado a 29-year-old biochemist (who also published his own diaries of the event in Travelling with Che Guevara). *

Primož Kozak Primož Kozak (11 September 1929 – 22 December 1981) was a Slovenian playwright and essayist. Together with Dominik Smole, Dane Zajc and Taras Kermauner, he was the most visible representative of the so-called Critical generation, a group of Sl ...

(1929-1981) *:''Peter Klepec in America'' (1971), a travelogue through the

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by one of the most important Slovenian essayists of the 20th century *

Juan Goytisolo Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet ...

(born 1931) *:''Campos de Nijar'' (1959) *

Ted Simon Ted Simon (born 1931) is British travel writer noted for circumnavigating the world twice by motorcycle. He was raised in London by a German mother and a Romanian father. Early career After studying chemical engineering at Imperial College he ...

(born 1931) *:''Jupiter's Travels'' (1979) * Dervla Murphy (1931-2022) *:'' Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle'' (1965) *:'' Tibetan Foothold'' (1966) *:'' The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal'' (1967) *:'' In Ethiopia with a Mule'' (1968) *:'' On a Shoestring to Coorg'' (1976) *:''

Where the Indus is Young ''Where the Indus Is Young'' is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy. It was first published by John Murray in 1977. The book is usually given the subtitle ''A winter in Baltistan'', but has been called ''Midwinter in Baltistan''. Summary ' ...

'' (1977) *:''A Place Apart'' (1978) *:''Wheels Within Wheels: autobiography'' (1979) *:''Race to the Finish? the nuclear stakes'' (1982) ''and further books from all over the world, the last on Israel and Palestine in 2015)'' *

Ryszard Kapuscinski Ryszard () is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to: *Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer *Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian ...

(1932–2007) *:''

Another Day of Life ''Another Day of Life'' (Polish: ''Jeszcze dzień życia'') is a non-fiction record of three months of the Angolan Civil War by the Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński. It is made up of a notable description of the degradation of the Angolan cap ...

'' (1976) *:'' The Soccer War'' (1978) *:'' The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat'' (1978) *:'' Shah of Shahs'' (1982) *:'' Imperium'' (1993) *:''

The Shadow of the Sun ''The Shadow of the Sun'' ( pl, Heban, literally "Ebony") is a travel memoir by the Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński. It was published in 1998 and by Penguin Books in 2001 with the English translation by Klara Glowczewska. Des ...

'' (2001) *

Cees Nooteboom Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an ...

(born 1933), Dutch travel writer *:''Berlijnse Notities'' (1990) *:''Roads to Santiago'' (1992) *:''Nootebooms Hotel'' (2002) * Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) *:''Italian Days'' (1989) * David Lodge (born 1935) *:'' Paradise News, 1991'' *

Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of '' Hell's Angels'' (1967), a book for which he s ...

(1937-2005) *:'' Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1971) *:'' The Curse of Lono'' (1980) *

Venedict Yerofeyev Venedikt Vasilyevich Yerofeyev, also Benedict Erofeev or Erofeyev (russian: Венеди́кт Васи́льевич Ерофе́ев; 24 October 1938 in Niva-3 settlement, suburb of Kandalaksha – 11 May 1990 in Moscow) was a Russian writer an ...

(1938–1990) *:'' Moskva–P?tushki'' (1973) a Russian tale of alcohol, love, and a train ride; translated into English as ''Moscow to the End of the Line''. *

William Least Heat-Moon William Least Heat-Moon (born William Lewis Trogdon August 27, 1939) is an American travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and Osage ancestry. He is the author of several books which chronicle unusual journeys through the United States, ...

(born 1939) *:''Blue Highways: A Journey into America'' (1982) * Peter Mayle (born 1939) *:''

A Year in Provence ''A Year in Provence'' is a 1989 best-selling memoir by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs. It was adapted into a television series starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan. Reviewers praised the book's ho ...

'' (1989) * Colin Thubron (born 1939) *:''Mirror to Damascus'' (1967) ''Among the Russians'' (1983) ''Behind the Wall: A Journey through China'' (1987) *:''To a Mountain in Tibet'' (2011) * Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) *:''

In Patagonia ''In Patagonia'' is an English travel book by Bruce Chatwin, published in 1977, about Patagonia, the southern part of South America. Preparations During the Second World War, Chatwin and his mother stayed at the home of his paternal grandparen ...

'' (1977) Travels in Patagonia in the early 1970s. *:'' The Songlines'' (1987) Travels in the

outback The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a n ...

in the early 1980s. *:'' What Am I Doing Here'' (1988) Collected short travelogues and articles. *

Frances Mayes Frances Mayes is an American novelist. Her 1996 memoir '' Under the Tuscan Sun.'' was on the New York Times Best Seller list for over two years and was the basis for the film '' Under the Tuscan Sun''. Biography Born and raised in Fitzgerald, Geor ...

(born 1940) *:''Under the Tuscan Sun'' (1996) a memoir of buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in rural

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

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. *

Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue, '' The Great Railway Bazaar'' (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He ...

(born 1941) – prolific travel writer; author of nearly two dozen books of travel writing. *:''

The Great Railway Bazaar ''The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia'' is a travelogue by American novelist Paul Theroux, first published in 1975. It recounts Theroux's four-month journey by train in 1973 from London through Europe, the Middle East, the Indian sub ...

'' (1975) Theroux's most popular travel work. *:''

The Old Patagonian Express ''The Old Patagonian Express'' (1979) is a written account of a journey taken by novelist Paul Theroux. Starting out from his home town in Massachusetts, via Boston and Chicago, Theroux travels by train across the North American plains to Laredo ...

'' (1979) *:''Travelling The World - The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux'' (1990) *:'' The Happy Isles of Oceania'' (1992) *:'' The Pillars of Hercules'' (1995) *:''Fresh Air Fiend'' (2000) *:''

Dark Star Safari ''Dark Star Safari'' (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Theroux had lived in Africa as a young and idealistic early member of the Peace Corps an ...

'' (2002) *:'' Ghost Train to the Eastern Star'' (2008) *:''The Tao of Travel'' (2011) *

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...

(born 1942) – German film director Of Walking in Ice – Account of a three-week walk from Munich to Paris in the Winter of 1974 * Jonathan Raban (born 1942) *:'' Old Glory: An American Voyage'' (1981) *

Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...

(1942–2008) *:'' Travels'' (1988) *

Gao Xingjian Gao Xingjian (高行健 in Chinese - born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature " ...

(born 1940) *:'' Soul Mountain (1990)'' * Mary Morris (born 1947) *:''Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone'' (1987) *:''Wall to Wall: from Beijing to Berlin by Rail'' (1991) *:''Angels & Aliens: A Journey West'' (1999) *:''The River Queen'' (2007) *

P.J. O'Rourke Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American libertarian political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke was the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute and a regular correspondent for ''Th ...

(born 1947) *:''

Holidays in Hell ''Holidays in Hell'' is a non-fiction book by P.J. O'Rourke about his visits to areas of conflict during the 1980s as a foreign correspondent, as well as to some less high-profile locations. Places visited Lebanon, October 1984 During the Leb ...

'' (1989) *:''

Driving Like Crazy Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending, Celebrating America the Way It’s Supposed to Be -- With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn is a ...

'' (2009) *:''

Holidays in Heck ''Holidays in Heck: A Former War Correspondent Experiences Frightening Vacation Fun'' is a 2011 book by P. J. O'Rourke about the author's travels to various venues. In the book, O'Rourke recounts family vacations to various tourist destinations, ...

'' (2011) *

Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss (, ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthro ...

(1908-2009) *:'' Tristes Tropiques'' (1955) *

Robin Bryans Robin Bryans (born Robert Harbinson Bryans; 24 April 1928 – 11 June 2005) was a prolific author of popular travel and autobiographical works under the pen names Robin Bryans, Robert Harbinson, and Donald Cameron. Involved with the Anglo-Irish Es ...

(1928-2005) *:''Ulster: A Journey Through the Six Counties'' (1962) *Wladek Wagner (1912-1992) *:

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(1986)

21st century

Larry McMurtry Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.

(1936–2021) *: ''Roads: Driving America's Great Highways'' (2000) *: ''Paradise'' (2002) *

James M. McPherson James Munro McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for '' Battle Cry of F ...

(born 1936) *:''Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg'' (2003) * Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1943) *:''Andulus Mei Chand Roz (A Few Days in

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)'' *:''Dunya Meray Aagay (The World Ahead of me)'' *:''Jahaan-e-Deedah (The World Beheld)'' *:''Safar Dar Safar (Travels)'' *:''Uhud se Qasiyoon Tak (From Uhud to Mount Qasioun)'' * Michael Palin (born 1943) *:Around the World In 80 Days (1989) ''

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'' (2002) ''

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'' (2004) *

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(born 1947) *:''Best Travel Writing 2005'', introduction, pp. xvii-xxi, (2005) *:''A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration'', (2004) pp. 325–343. *:''Writing on the Edge: A Borderlands Reader'', (ed.) (2003) *:''Travelers' Tales Cuba'', (ed.) (2001) *:''Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink: Offbeat Travels Through America's Southwest'' (2000) *:''Trading With the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba'' (1992) *:''The Panama Hat Trail: A Journey From South America'' (1986) *:''Arizona: The Land and the People'', (ed.) (1986) *:''On the Border: Portraits of America's Southwestern Frontier'' (1981) * Mikiro Sasaki (born 1947), Japanese poet and travel essayist *:''Ajia kaido kiko: umi wa toshi de aru'' ''(A Travel Journal of the Asian Seaboard, 2002)'' * Lawrence Millman (born 1948) *:''An Evening Among Headhunters: And Other Reports from Roads Less Taken'' (1999) *:''Last Places: A Journey in the North'' (2000) *:''Northern Latitudes'' (2000) *:''Lost in the Arctic: Explorations on the Edge'' (2002) *

Marius Kociejowski Marius Kociejowski (born 1949) is a Canadian-born poet, essayist and travel writer. Kociejowski was born in 1949 in Bishop's Mills, Ontario, to a Polish father and an English mother. In 1973, he left Canada and later settled in London. His first ...

(1949) *:''The Serpent Coiled in Naples'' (2022) * Nick Tosches (1949) *:'' The Last Opium Den'' (2002) * Chris Stewart (born 1950) *:''Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia'' (1999) *:''A Parrot in the Pepper Tree'' (2002) *:''The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society'' (2007) *

Bill Bryson William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has b ...

(born 1951) *:'' The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America'' (1989) *:'' Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe'' (1992) *:''

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'' (1995) travels in the

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. *:'' A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail'' (1999) *:'' Down Under'' (2001) *:'' Bill Bryson's African Diary'' (2002) *:'' The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island'' (2015) * Douglas Adams (1952–2001) *:'' Last Chance to See'' (1990) *

Vikram Seth Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crosswor ...

(born 1952) *:''From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet'' (1983) * Quim Monzó (born 1952) *:''Guadalajara'' (1997) *:''Barcelona und andere Erzählungen'' (2007) * Neil Peart (1952–2020), drummer for the Canadian rock band

Rush Rush(es) may refer to: Places United States * Rush, Colorado * Rush, Kentucky * Rush, New York * Rush City, Minnesota * Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois * Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream * Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...

*:'' The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa'' (1996) *:'' Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road'' (2002) – a chronicle of motorcycle trips through North and Central America *:''Traveling Music: The Soundtrack of My Life and Times'' (2004) *

Kenn Kaufman Kenn Kaufman (born 1954) is an American author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist, known for his work on several popular field guides of birds and butterflies in North America. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Kaufman began birding at the age ...

(born 1954) *:''Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand'' (1997) * Rory MacLean (born 1954) *:''Stalin's Nose'' (1992) *:''The Oatmeal Ark'' (1997) *:''Under the Dragon'' (1998) *:''Next Exit Magic Kingdom'' (2000) *:''Falling for Icarus'' (2004) *:''Magic Bus'' (2006) *

Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...

(born 1955) *:''Homage to Barcelona'' (1990) *: The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (1994) * Christopher Paul Baker (born 1955) *:''Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba'' (2001) – winner of the Lowell Thomas Award 'Travel Book of the Year' and North American Travel Journalist Association 'Grand Prize' *

Dennison Berwick Dennison Berwick (born 19 May 1956 in West Yorkshire, England) is an author and travel writer. Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, he emigrated to Canada in 1980. Since then he has walked the entire length of the river Ganges in India ( the ...

(born 1956) *:''Savages, The Life and Killing of the Yanomami'' (1992) *:''Amazon'' (1990) *:'' A Walk Along the Ganges'' (1986) *

Anthony Bourdain Anthony Michael Bourdain (; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Bourdai ...

(born 1956) *:'' A Cook's Tour''(2001) * Pico Iyer (born 1957) ''Video Night in Kathmandu'' (1988) ''Falling off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World'' (1993) ''Sun after Dark: Flights into the Foreign'' (2004) * Geoff Dyer (born 1958) ''Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It'' (2003); ''White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World'' (2016) *

Tony Horwitz Anthony Lander Horwitz (June 9, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was an American journalist and author who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His books include ''One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback'', ''Baghdad Without a Map'', '' ...

(born 1958) *:''One for the Road: An Outback Adventure'' (1987) *:''Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia'' (1991) *:'' Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War'' (1998) *:'' Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before'' (2002) *:''A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World'' (2008) * Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) *:''Wanderlust: A History of Walking'' (2000) *:''A Field Guide to Getting Lost'' (2005) *:''Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas'' (2010) *

Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American freelance journalist and novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adul ...

(born 1962) *:'' Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon'' (2003) *

Jeffrey Tayler Jeffrey Tayler is a U.S.-born author and journalist. He is the Russia correspondent for the ''Atlantic Monthly'' and a contributor to several other magazines as well as to NPR's All Things Considered. He has written several non-fiction books abo ...

(born 1962) *:''Siberian Dawn: A Journey Across the New Russia'' (1999) *:''Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness'' (2000) *:''Glory in a Camel's Eye: Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara'' (2003) *:''Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel'' (2005) *:''River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia's Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny'' (2006) *

Sam Miller Sam Miller (born 28 September 1962) is an English television director. He has worked on the BBC television dramas ''Cardiac Arrest'', ''This Life'' and ''Luther''. He works with London-based production company Mustard Film Company. He is father ...

(born 1962), British journalist and writer *:'' Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity'' (2009) *:''A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes'' (2014) *:''India, and Fathers'' (2017) *

Karl Taro Greenfeld Karl Taro Greenfeld (born 1965) is a journalist, novelist and television writer known primarily for his articles on life in modern Asia and both his fiction and non-fiction in ''The Paris Review''. Biography Born in Kobe, Japan, to a Japanese ...

(born 1964) *:'' Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation'' (1995) *William Dalrymple (historian), William Dalrymple (born 1965) *:''In Xanadu: A Quest'' (1989) *:''From the Holy Mountain'' (1994) *:''Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India'' (2009) *Jay Griffiths (born 1965) *:''Wild'' (2006) *Tahir Shah (born 1966) *:''Beyond the Devil's Teeth'' (1995) *:''Sorcerer's Apprentice (travel book), Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (1998) *:''Trail of Feathers'' (2001) *:''In Search of King Solomon's Mines'' (2002) *:''House of the Tiger King'' (2004) *:''The Caliph's House'' (2006) *:''In Arabian Nights'' (2008) *:''Travels With Myself, Travels With Myself: Collected Work'' (2011) *:''Timbuctoo (novel), Timbuctoo'' (2012) *Guy Delisle (born 1966) *:''Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China'' (2000) *:''Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea'' (2003) *:''Burma Chronicles'' (2007) *:''Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City'' (2011) *Cheryl Strayed (born 1968) *:''Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'' (2012) *J. Maarten Troost (born 1969) *:''The Sex Lives of Cannibals, The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific'' (2004) *:''Getting Stoned with Savages, Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu'' (2006) *Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969) *:''Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything, Across Italy, India and Indonesia'' (2006) *Bishwanath Ghosh (writer), Bishwanath Ghosh (born 1970), Indian writer and journalist *:''Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop But Never Get Off'' (2009) *Kira Salak (born 1971) *:''Kira Salak, The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu'' (2004) *Tom Bissell (born 1974) *:''Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia'' (2003) *Vyacheslav Krasko (born 1974) *:''The Year of Spring (book), The Year of Spring: The Travel What Lasts a Year'' (2012) *Ludovic Hubler (born 1977) *:''Le monde en stop'' (2009)

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