Classic travel writing

Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen einer Überwinterung auf Neumayer IIIWenn draußen der Sturm tobt und die Polarlichter vor dem Fenster tanzen, fühlt Aurelia Hölzer sich geborgen und lebendig.

Funny, honest and full of subtle magic, this is a rare and revealing portrait of 18th century Europe at a time when Marie Antoinette had just become queen of all France, the Grand Tour was in its infancy and Cannes was a quiet fishing village.

Patagonien, wildes, fernes, schönes, einsames Land am Ende der Welt: für uns Reisende ein reiches Nebeneinander vieler Extreme; wenn sich unser Schiff in den tausenden Kilometern der patagonischen Fjordwelten verliert und an Vulkanen und Gletschern vorbeisteuert; wenn wir die argentinischen Pampaweiten durchmessen, sie erleben, wie sie abrupt gegen das Andengebirge laufen und schroff zurückgewiesen werden, nicht zuletzt von Bergen wie dem Fitz Roy und dem Cerro Torre und anderen umliegenden Felstürmen, in denen eine der bizarrsten Bergwelten unseres Planeten ihren Ausdruck findet.

Während Columbus bis zu seinem Tod wahrscheinlich davon ausgeht, er habe den Seeweg nach Asien gefunden, ist Amerigo Vespucci der richtigen Überzeugung, dass es sich bei den neu entdeckten Küstenlandschaften um einen eigenen Kontinent handeln müsse.

Kolumbien - DAS aufstrebende Reiseland, das mehr und mehr Touristen in seinen Bann zieht.

Where can travel writing go in the twenty-first century?

Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means.

Namibia – das bedeutet faszinierende Weite, Natur pur und Safari-Erlebnisse der Extraklasse in einem urweltlich anmutenden Land zwischen den Wüsten Namib und Kalahari, der rauen Atlantikküste im Westen und dem tropischen Osten.

Die Utopie vom einfachen LebenAlles gehört allen – der Traum von der autarken Gemeinschaft Gleichgesinnter ist faszinierend.

The republication of the memoirs of Colonel John McDonell of Scottas (1728-1810) will be welcomed by Highlanders the world over.

Mungo Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa has long been regarded as a classic of African travel literature.

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First published in 1839, "e;The Voyage of the Beagle"e; is the book written by Charles Darwin that chronicles his experience of the famous survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle.

In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles.

This Element puts into dialogue early Portuguese and Malay travel writing of Melaka to re-examine ''discovery'' as a cross-cultural trope.

One of the most revealing things about national character is the way that citizens react to and report on their travels abroad.

Als die lang geplante Nordreise platzt, lässt die Arktis-Sehnsucht ihn nicht los.

Born in the Lake District and having spent much of his life there, Wordsworth-together with his compatriots Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge-would become known as the Lake Poets, with much of their work being inspired by the area's landscapes and people.

The last of Lawrence's travel books, Etruscan Places is an ephemeral and vivid account, replete with hauntingly evocative descriptions of the way of life of this once great civilisation.

Alltag, Karriere, Familie, Freundschaften, Versicherungen und das vorab bezahlte Sockenabo – all das lässt der Schweizer Claudio Sieber zurück, als er sein Leben als Vagabund beginnt.

Eines Tages wirft der Unternehmensberater Markus Weber seine heile Welt über den Haufen und stürzt sich Hals über Kopf in ein Abenteuer.

When supplies ran out, the return trek across the Barrens became one of the most tragic incidents in the history of Arctic exploration.

For many Evangelical Christians, a trip to the Holy Land is an integral part of practicing their faith.

INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM ATKINS, author of The Immeasurable World 'I am merely an eccentric, a dreamer who wishes to live far from the civilized world, as a free nomad.

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the RenaissanceIn 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean.

Von Dammam bis Dschidda, von Riad bis ans Rote Meer: Ein unbekanntes Land öffnet sich.

Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining.

'For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.

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This first complete reprint of Boswell's book on Corsica since the eighteenth century is enhanced by comprehensive annotation, textual apparatus, and a critical introduction.

'Joyful, life-affirming, greedy.

Georg Forster (1754-1794) war eine der faszinierendsten Gestalten seiner Zeit: glänzender Schriftsteller, Naturforscher, Entdecker, Zeichner, Übersetzer und entschiedener Revolutionär.

This Element puts into dialogue early Portuguese and Malay travel writing of Melaka to re-examine ''discovery'' as a cross-cultural trope.

The French explorer, surveyor, cartographer, and diplomat Samuel de Champlain (c.

Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor.

A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline.

Through the eyes of a creative genius, Journey into Barbary is both an inimitable portrait of Morocco and one of the first truly modern accounts of a country that had for so long remained an enigma to generations of travellers.

Londoners share their favourite aspects of the capital - featuring Sir Paul Smith, Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen Fry, Martine Wright, Dom Joly, Don Letts, Henry Holland and many moreLondon is an epic story, with glorious locations that make your heart race and your head think.

Forschergeist und Wissensdrang, manchmal aber auch reine Abenteuerlust, ließen immer schon Menschen das gewaltige Wagnis einer Reise ins Unbekannte auf sich nehmen.

'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night.

A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir.

Im Frühjahr 1940 will der Forschungsreisende Heinrich Harrer nach Beendigung einer Nanga-Parbat-Expedition die Heimreise antreten.

The conclusion to Penelope Green's bestselling trilogy about her life in Italy that includes When in Rome and See Naples and DieFrom her rooftop terrace, Penelope looks out across the sparkling waters of the Bay of Naples, and into a garden of lemon trees and magnolias.

A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south William Bartram was a naturalist, artist, and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the ExtensiveTerritories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws.

"e;Around the Boree Log and Other Verses"e; is a wonderful collection of poems by Australian Poet Patrick Hartigan.

Catching all the fascination and humour of travel in out-of-the-way places, One's Company is Peter Fleming's account of his journey through Russia and Manchuria to China when he was Special Correspondent to The Times in the 1930s.

Dirk Rohrbach wagt als erster Europäer, was vor ihm kaum einem Menschen gelungen ist.