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 119
... ship it was necessary first to go into a boat ; a matter of no small difficulty , as I had no use of my limbs , and was to be carried by men , who tho ' sufficiently strong for their burden , were , like Archimedes , puzzled to find a ...
... ship it was necessary first to go into a boat ; a matter of no small difficulty , as I had no use of my limbs , and was to be carried by men , who tho ' sufficiently strong for their burden , were , like Archimedes , puzzled to find a ...
Page 253
... ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast , and remained un- moveable , but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves . And the soldiers ' counsel was to kill the prisoners , lest any of them should swim out , and ...
... ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast , and remained un- moveable , but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves . And the soldiers ' counsel was to kill the prisoners , lest any of them should swim out , and ...
Page 381
... ship from him , and engaged a crew of thirty - five .... They made their ship ready and put out to sea . The first landfall they made was the country that Bjarni had sighted last . They sailed right up to the shore and cast anchor ...
... ship from him , and engaged a crew of thirty - five .... They made their ship ready and put out to sea . The first landfall they made was the country that Bjarni had sighted last . They sailed right up to the shore and cast anchor ...
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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