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 115
... rest he much favoured , who waited on him in his cabin , but with no other dress than the rest , and a chain locked about his leg , but not coupled . This galley was richly carved and gilded , and most of the rest were very beautiful ...
... rest he much favoured , who waited on him in his cabin , but with no other dress than the rest , and a chain locked about his leg , but not coupled . This galley was richly carved and gilded , and most of the rest were very beautiful ...
Page 154
... rest for the night ; it was made up of about a dozen clay huts standing upon a small tract of ground hardly won from the forest . The peasants living there spoke a Slavonic dialect , and Mysseri's knowledge of the Russian tongue enabled ...
... rest for the night ; it was made up of about a dozen clay huts standing upon a small tract of ground hardly won from the forest . The peasants living there spoke a Slavonic dialect , and Mysseri's knowledge of the Russian tongue enabled ...
Page 358
... rest . After dinner he laid himself down to die , and soon falling mortally sick , he brought up not only the poison he had taken , but a large quantity of viscid , sharp , nasty matter , probably not the least cause of his distemper ...
... rest . After dinner he laid himself down to die , and soon falling mortally sick , he brought up not only the poison he had taken , but a large quantity of viscid , sharp , nasty matter , probably not the least cause of his distemper ...
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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