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 509
... morning of the 12th it was still at east , but at noon veered round to the north , when a gentle rain set in , so ... morning dawned the ripple of waters in a little gully close to our tents , was a sweeter and more soothing sound than ...
... morning of the 12th it was still at east , but at noon veered round to the north , when a gentle rain set in , so ... morning dawned the ripple of waters in a little gully close to our tents , was a sweeter and more soothing sound than ...
Page 519
... morning service , not for purposes of devotion , but merely as a pastime , and perhaps , to show their proficiency . Before morning we thus heard repeated four litanies , and the whole collection of their version of the Psalms ...
... morning service , not for purposes of devotion , but merely as a pastime , and perhaps , to show their proficiency . Before morning we thus heard repeated four litanies , and the whole collection of their version of the Psalms ...
Page 549
... morning , sledge- sailing with Mertz in his bag strapped on the sledge . It was therefore a doubly sad blow that morning to find that my companion was again touched with dysentery and so weak as to be 549 THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC.
... morning , sledge- sailing with Mertz in his bag strapped on the sledge . It was therefore a doubly sad blow that morning to find that my companion was again touched with dysentery and so weak as to be 549 THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC.
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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