A Book of Traveller's TalesDavid Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s. |
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Page 255
... brought before him , took as many partridges as he desired ; but the rest of them the man led back to the place whence he had first brought them . LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA ( fl . 1505 ) Italian traveller 255 NEAR ASIA.
... brought before him , took as many partridges as he desired ; but the rest of them the man led back to the place whence he had first brought them . LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA ( fl . 1505 ) Italian traveller 255 NEAR ASIA.
Page 286
... brought here by the Portuguese . Sheikh Sulman grasped the principle of dating sites by surface indications with the instantaneous comprehension that one hopes for and rarely finds in first - year archaeology students . For the next ...
... brought here by the Portuguese . Sheikh Sulman grasped the principle of dating sites by surface indications with the instantaneous comprehension that one hopes for and rarely finds in first - year archaeology students . For the next ...
Page 392
... brought him a bunch of feathers , in stead of a Towell to dry them : having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could , a long consultation was held , but the conclusion was , two great stones were brought before Powhatan ...
... brought him a bunch of feathers , in stead of a Towell to dry them : having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could , a long consultation was held , but the conclusion was , two great stones were brought before Powhatan ...
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Africa American arrived asked beautiful called camels canoe CECIL BEATON clothes Copyright crossed D. H. LAWRENCE dark desert dressed drink East England English traveller ERIC NEWBY expedition explorer eyes face feet fire fish Gobi Desert hair Hakluyt Society hand head horses IBN BATTUTA India Indian island JAN MORRIS JOHN JONATHAN RABAN journey kill King ladies Lake land live London looked LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA miles morning mountains natives never night North novelist ODORIC OF PORDENONE passed PETER FLEMING quaggas reached Reprinted by permission returned river road rock round seemed seen ship side sight sleep South stone streets thing THOMAS CORYATE thought Tibet told took town trans trees turned voyage walked women wood writer young