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List of travel books

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Travel books have been written since Classical times.

Note: Listed by year of publication of the majority of the writer's notable works.

Ancient Near East

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  • Wenamun, Egyptian priest
    Story of Wenamun, account of his travels through the Mediterranean sea.

Classical Antiquity

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Tang dynasty

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10th century

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  • Ibn Hawqal, Arab writer, geographer, and chronicler. Travelled to remote parts of the European Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. Ṣūrat al-’Arḍ (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth").
  • Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Kitab ila Mulk al-Saqaliba (A letter to the king al-Saqaliba, Ibn Fadlan's account of the caliphal embassy from Baghdad to the King of the Volga Bulghars, c. 921)

11th century

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12th century

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13th century

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14th century

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  • John of Montecorvino (1247–1328), Italian Franciscan missionary, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China. Archbishop of Cambalec.
    Letters (1305-1306)
  • Odoric of Pordenone (1286–1331), Franciscan missionary who visited China
    Viaggio del beato frate odorico di porto maggiore del friuli...
  • Ibn Battuta (1304 – 1368 or 1369), Moroccan world traveler
    The Rihla (1355) – literally entitled: "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling".[1]
  • Giovanni de' Marignolli
    Cronica Boemorum
  • John Mandeville, fictional character.
    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356),[1] an imaginary account of his travels in Asia based on a variety of true sources about the eastern countries, such as Pordenone's.

15th century

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16th century

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17th century

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  • Samuel de Champlain, (1567-1635), French explorer, founder of New France & Quebec City.
    Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603 (1604)
    Brief Discours des Choses plus remarquables que Sammuel Champlain de Brouage a reconneues aux Indes Occidentalles au voiage qu'il en a faict en icettes en l'année 1599 et en l'année 1601, comme ensuite
    Voyages de la Nouvelle France (1632
    Traitté de la marine et du devoir d'un bon marinier (1632)
  • Samuel Purchas, (c. 1577–1626), English cleric and travel writings compiler.
    Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages, (1613) [1]
    Purchas, his Pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of Man. Relating the wonders of his Generation, vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of his Regeneration, (1619)
    Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes, contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and others (4 vols.), (1625).[1]
  • Thomas Coryat, (c. 1577–1617), English traveller
    Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels (1611) [1]
  • Pedro Páez, (1564–1622), Spanish jesuit missionary in Ethiopia
    History of Ethiopia (1620), includes the first account of one of the sources of the Nile River ever written by a European.
  • Evliya Çelebi, (1610–1683), Turkish traveller
    Seyahatname
  • Johann Sigmund Wurffbain (1613–1661)
    Reise Nach Den Molukken Und Vorder-Indien, 1632–1646 (Travel to the Moluccas and the Middle East Indies, 1632–1646) (1646)
  • François de La Boullaye-Le Gouz (1623–1668)
    Les voyages et observations du sieur de La Boullaye Le gouz (1653 & 1657) – one of the first true travel books.
  • Edward Terry (1590–1660)
    A Voyage to East-India (1655)
  • Pietro Della Valle, (1586–1652), Italian who traveled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period
    The travels of Signor Pietro Della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East India and Arabia deserts... [1]
  • Jerónimo Lobo (1595–1678), a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia.
    Itinerário.[1] This book was translated by Samuel Johnson in 1723 and inspired his own work The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
  • François Bernier (1625–1688), personal physician of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb during his long stay in India.
    Travels in the Mogul Empire (1671) [1]
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689), gem merchant who made several trips to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668
    Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1675) [1]
  • Jean Chardin (1643–1713), jewellery trader who travelled to Persia and India
    The Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia and the Orient (edited bit by bit between 1686 and 1711).[1]
  • Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)
    Nozarashi Kikō (Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton) (1684)
    Kashima Kiko (A Visit to Kashima Shrine) (1687)
    Oi no Kobumi, or Utatsu Kiko (Record of a Travel-Worn Satchel) (1688)
    Sarashina Kiko (A Visit to Sarashina Village) (1688)
    The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (trans. 1967)
  • Adam Olearius (1599–1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian
    Beschreibung der muscowitischen und persischen Reise (1647)

18th century

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19th century

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20th century

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21st century

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Godfrey Cox, Edward (7 February 2018). "A Reference Guide To The Literature Of Travel Vol I". By The University Of Washington. – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Mozer, Isolde, ed. (2010-11-16). Bernhard von Breydenbach: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam. doi:10.1515/9783110215816. ISBN 978-3-11-020951-8.
  3. ^ Cox (1935), p. 28.
  4. ^ Head, Dominic, ed. (2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1124. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ * Rome, Naples et Florence [par] Stendhal. Texte établi et annoté par Daniel Muller, préf. de Charles Maurras (1919), Paris: E. Champion. Volume I et Volume II
  6. ^ Youngs, Tim (2015). "'Take out your machine': Narratives of Early Motorcycle Travel". New Directions in Travel Writing Studies. Palgrave Macmillan UK: 145–160. doi:10.1057/9781137457257_10. ISBN 978-1-349-56767-6.
  7. ^ "LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION". Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  8. ^ "awards - Christopher P Baker - Travel Writer Photographer - travel writer, photographer, tour leader, lecturer, adventure motorcyclist". Christopher P Baker - Travel Writer & Photographer.