- The Art of travel : essays on travel writing / by Dodd, Philip.;
Includes bibliographical references."Tis not to divert the reader" / Jenny Mezciems -- The voyages of Jerónimo Lobo, Joachim Le Grand, and Samuel Johnson / Joel J. Gold -- A semi-mental journey / Peter Miles -- "Terra incognita" / F.S. Schwarzbach -- The spectacle of reality in Sea and Sardinia / Margery Sabin -- Debunking the jungle / Martin Stannard -- The views of travellers / Philip Dodd -- Authorial voice in V.S. Naipaul's The middle passage / John Thieme -- Travel writing, Victorian and modern / Joanne Shattock.- Subjects: Travelers' writings, English; English prose literature; British; Voyages and travels; Travel writing; Travel in literature.; Travelers; English literature, 1600-1981. Special subjects: Travel;
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© 1982., Frank Cass,
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- Marco Polo and the medieval explorers / by Stefoff, Rebecca,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index.Examines the life and travels of the medieval explorer.- Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Voyages and travels; Explorers; Geography, Medieval; Travel, Medieval; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© c1992., Chelsea House Publishers,
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- Scotland & Wales [videorecording]. by National Syndications, Inc.;
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- Subjects: Railroad travel; Railroads; Railroad travel.; Air travel.; Ocean travel.; Railroads;
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© c1995., Publisher's Choice Video,
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- Jewish travellers in the Middle Ages : 19 firsthand accounts / by Adler, Elkan Nathan,1861-1946.;
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- Subjects: Voyages and travels.; Travel, Medieval.; Jewish travelers.;
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© 1987., Dover,
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- Marco Polo : Marco Polo and the silk road to China / by Burgan, Michael.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.Explorer of the East -- A city--and family--of traders -- Into Mongol lands -- Contact between East and West -- Marco's adventure begins -- Through the Middle East and beyond -- Servant of the great Khan -- Going home -- Soldier, prisoner, merchant -- Marco Polo today.A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration.
- Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1245-1323?; Explorers; Travel, Medieval; Polo, Marco, 1245-1323?; Explorers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© 2002., Compass Point Books,
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- Far beyond the garden gate : Alexandra David-Neel's journey to Lhasa / by
Brown, Don.
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- Includes bibliographical references.Describes the life and travels of Alexandra David-Neel, who became a scholar of Buddhism and Tibet in the early twentieth century and trekked thousands of miles to reach Llasa, the Tibetan capital.
- Subjects: David-Neel, Alexandra, 1868-1969; David-Neel, Alexandra, 1868-1969.; Travelers.; Buddhists.; Voyages and travels.;
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© 2002., Houghton Mifflin Co.,
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- Marco Polo / by Gefen, Keren.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.Discusses the life of the Venetian explorer and the book based on his thirteenth-century travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.- Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Travel, Medieval; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© 2002., World Almanac Libray,
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- Marco Polo / by Riddle, John.; Ingpen, Robert R.,ill.;
A biography, using first-person narrative, of the Venetian explorer who spent many years in the court of Kublai Khan in China.- Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers; Travel, Medieval; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© c2003., Mason Crest Publishers,
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- Marco Polo : explorer of China / by
Feeney, Kathy,
1954-
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- Introduces the life and accomplishments of Italian explorer Marco Polo, who journeyed to Asia in the 1200s, became friends with Kublai Khan, ruler of the Mongolian Empire, and served him as an official messenger to other nations.Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
- Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers; Travel, Medieval; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Explorers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© c2004., Enslow Publishers,
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- Traveling man : the journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 / by
Rumford, James,
1948-
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- An introduction to the journeys of the little-known 14th century Muslim figure, Ibn Battuta. He traveled for 29 years from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, 75,000 miles in all.
- Subjects: Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377; Voyages and travels; Travelers; Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377.; Travelers.; Voyages and travels.;
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© 2001., Houghton Mifflin,
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