- Description: Henry James was an American-born author who later became a naturalized British subject, known for his insightful literary travel writing. In 1882 he embarked on a provincial tour of France, avoiding Paris in favor of smaller towns; these articles, originally published under En Province (1883–84) in The Atlantic Monthly, were later collected in A Little Tour in France (1884) and extensively revised in the 1900 illustrated edition with artwork by Joseph Pennell. Covering places like Tours, Bourges, Toulouse, Arles, and Avignon, James explores architecture, history, local society, and cultural heritage. He famously asserted, "France may be Paris, but Paris is not France"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1843–1916
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170509
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: James, Henry, A Little Tour in France, 1884.
- Description: Egerton K. Laird authored Incidents of Travel in South Africa (1881), documenting approximately three months in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal, and Zululand. The narrative covers stops in cities like Kimberley, boat journeys on rivers, carriage excursions, and close observations of local communities and Zulu life. Though not widely remembered among 19th-century travel writers, Laird provides a noteworthy historical snapshot of the sociopolitical and ethnographic landscape of southern Africa just before the Second Boer War. In 1875 he also published The Rambles of a Globe Trotter, a vivid and detailed account of his journeys through Australasia, Japan, China, Java, India and Kashmir
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76221724
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Laird, Egerton K., Incidents of Travel in South Africa: Being an Account of a Three Months’ Tour in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal and a Ride into Zululand, Birkenhead.
- Description: Laurence Sterne, an Irish-born writer of the 18th century, is best known for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman but also for A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768), one of the founding texts of modern travel literature. In this book—written shortly before his death—Sterne, through his narrator Yorick, recounts an unconventional Grand Tour: less focused on monuments than on emotions, chance encounters, and the subtleties of human sensibility. His stops in France and Italy turned travel into an inner experience and influenced generations of travelers and writers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1713–1768
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218960
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sterne, Laurence, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, London, 1768.
- Description: Elizabeth Sarah “Nina” Mazuchelli was an English travel writer and explorer. In 1869–1871, while living in Darjeeling, she undertook a two‑month Himalayan expedition, traversing glaciers and ridges between Sikkim and Bhutan. Her 1876 book, The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, recounts the journey with vivid illustrations she made herself
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Nina, Lady Pioneer
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1832–1914
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sarah_Mazuchelli
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84418935
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, 1876.
- Description: James Perkins published in 1891 A Tour Round the Globe, a collection of letters sent to the City Press during his journey around the world. The approximately 82-page text offers a sharp and engaging record of key global destinations at the turn of the 19th century, blending observations on cultures, landscapes, societies, and personal impressions
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Perkins, James, A Tour Round the Globe: Letters to the “City Press”, London, Collingridge, 1891.
- Description: Henry Walter Bates was a British naturalist and explorer, best known for his legendary expedition to the Amazon Basin. In 1848, he left England with Alfred Russel Wallace to study the Brazilian rainforest. Bates stayed in the Amazon for over eleven years, collecting more than 14'000 animal species, around 8'000 of which were previously unknown to science. His observations led to the identification of “Batesian mimicry,” a phenomenon where harmless species imitate dangerous ones to avoid predation. His book The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863) is a classic of scientific travel writing
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1825–1892
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Walter_Bates
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370308
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bates, Henry Walter, The Naturalist on the River Amazons, London, 1863.
- Description: Sir Francis Galton was an English explorer, anthropologist, and polymath renowned for his expedition into Southwest Africa between 1850–52, where he traversed uncharted regions using camels and river boats. His Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa earned him the Founder's Medal from the Royal Geographical Society. In 1855 he published The Art of Travel, a pioneering handbook of practical survival advice for explorers in wild terrains: from finding water in deserts to avoiding snakes and treating injuries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1822–1911
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119691994
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Galton, Francis, The Art of Travel; or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries, London, 1855/1872.
- Description: Isabel Savory was an English traveler and writer who, at the turn of the 20th century, recounted her explorations with wit and flair. In India, Morocco, and elsewhere, she often traveled on horseback or by camel, immersing herself in local cultures and offering in her books a direct, personal view far removed from the colonial clichés of the time
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47038426
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Savory, Isabel, In the Tail of the Peacock (India), London, 1903. Savory, Isabel, In the Heart of Morocco, London, 1904.
- Description: Robert Louis Stevenson, famed author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, was also an indefatigable traveler. Frail in health, he turned to travel as both remedy and inspiration. In 1878, he walked through France’s Cévennes region with only a donkey named Modestine, an experience that led to Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, one of the first works of modern travel literature. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cevennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. He later journeyed to the United States and, from 1888, settled in Samoa, where locals affectionately called him “Tusitala,” the “teller of tales”
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: R.L.S.
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1850–1894
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1512
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stevenson, Robert Louis, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, London, 1879. Stevenson, Robert Louis, In the South Seas, London, 1896.
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