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 304
... told us , he intended when they were grown up to let them go free whither they pleas'd . EDWARD TERRY ( 1590-1660 ) English cleric . In 1615 he sailed to India as chaplain to the East India Company's fleet . On arrival he was appointed ...
... told us , he intended when they were grown up to let them go free whither they pleas'd . EDWARD TERRY ( 1590-1660 ) English cleric . In 1615 he sailed to India as chaplain to the East India Company's fleet . On arrival he was appointed ...
Page 359
... told whether ' the sight ' were a man or a woman , and , on the agent asking if that were any business of his , he said he should like to tell at home what he had seen , which awoke my sympathy at once , and I told Ito to tell them that ...
... told whether ' the sight ' were a man or a woman , and , on the agent asking if that were any business of his , he said he should like to tell at home what he had seen , which awoke my sympathy at once , and I told Ito to tell them that ...
Page 433
... told us to pitch our camp at a point we had reached late in the afternoon , and they would send over a messenger to tell the white people at the trading post that we were there to see them . After we had pitched our camp , several of ...
... told us to pitch our camp at a point we had reached late in the afternoon , and they would send over a messenger to tell the white people at the trading post that we were there to see them . After we had pitched our camp , several of ...
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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