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 449
... river . This goddam fog's bad enough for my sonofabitch lungs . ' The further south we went , the more the fog thickened . Our lights made a low tunnel into which Mac fed the tow - fleet inch by inch . ' I done enjoying just about as ...
... river . This goddam fog's bad enough for my sonofabitch lungs . ' The further south we went , the more the fog thickened . Our lights made a low tunnel into which Mac fed the tow - fleet inch by inch . ' I done enjoying just about as ...
Page 569
... ( river ) , 305 Amundsen , Roald , 545-6 Anatolia , 270 Angkor Thom , 265-6 Antarctic , the : 527-52 passim ; Bull on , 542 ; Borchgrevink on , 542–3 ; Scott on , 543-5 ; Mawson on , 548–50 ; Byrd on , 551-2 Antigua , 465-6 Arabia : della ...
... ( river ) , 305 Amundsen , Roald , 545-6 Anatolia , 270 Angkor Thom , 265-6 Antarctic , the : 527-52 passim ; Bull on , 542 ; Borchgrevink on , 542–3 ; Scott on , 543-5 ; Mawson on , 548–50 ; Byrd on , 551-2 Antigua , 465-6 Arabia : della ...
Page 573
... River , Australia , 507-9 Murray's Handbook of Travel - Talk , 18-19 Muskingum ( river ) , Ohio , 401 Naipaul , V. S. , 492-3 Nairobi , 100-101 Nansen , Fridtjof , 537-8 Naples , 16 , 140-41 , 148-9 Natal , 58-60 Nearchus , 296 Nepal ...
... River , Australia , 507-9 Murray's Handbook of Travel - Talk , 18-19 Muskingum ( river ) , Ohio , 401 Naipaul , V. S. , 492-3 Nairobi , 100-101 Nansen , Fridtjof , 537-8 Naples , 16 , 140-41 , 148-9 Natal , 58-60 Nearchus , 296 Nepal ...
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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