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 35
... leaving salt and gold . When they have gone , the Negroes who own the salt return : if they are satisfied with the ... leave the salt . In this way , by long and ancient custom , they carry on their trade without seeing or speaking to ...
... leaving salt and gold . When they have gone , the Negroes who own the salt return : if they are satisfied with the ... leave the salt . In this way , by long and ancient custom , they carry on their trade without seeing or speaking to ...
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... leave him full of regrets that he was no longer their master . Clearly enough , any woman sold to me by Abd - el - Kerim would leave him like a mistress forced to leave her lover , but this prospect didn't deter me , for I was already ...
... leave him full of regrets that he was no longer their master . Clearly enough , any woman sold to me by Abd - el - Kerim would leave him like a mistress forced to leave her lover , but this prospect didn't deter me , for I was already ...
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... leave the town . The reason for this was that they used to write missives reviling and insulting him , seal them and inscribe them , ' By the hand of the Master of the World , none but he may read this . ' They then threw them into the ...
... leave the town . The reason for this was that they used to write missives reviling and insulting him , seal them and inscribe them , ' By the hand of the Master of the World , none but he may read this . ' They then threw them into the ...
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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