Page 123 - Encyclopedia Of World History Vol V

1900 berkshire encyclopedia of world history

and with the development of the printing press, the vol- Further studies of travelers’ guides, many of which still
ume of travel narratives exploded. The Englishman await scholarly analysis, undoubtedly will offer increas-
Richard Haklyut (d. 1616), in addition to writing travel ingly nuanced understandings of the economic, political,
narratives, published accounts of travel and exploration social, and cultural interactions engendered by travel.
to spur his countrymen to undertake additional journeys.
Michael A. Ryan
In 1686 the French Huguenot Jean Chardin (1643–
1713) published the first part of his narrative about his See also Tourism
travel through the Safavid Persian empire, The Travels of
Sir John into Persia and the East Indies. In it he gave infor-
Further Reading
mation about contemporary Persian customs, education,
Beckford,W. (1986). The Grand Tour of William Beckford (1760–1844).
and mannerisms to an increasingly literate society.
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books.
Binding, P. (2004). Imagined corners: Exploring the world’s first atlas.
The Eighteenth-Century London: Review.
Black, J. (1992). The British abroad:The Grand Tour in the eighteenth cen-
“Grand Tour” tury. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
During the eighteenth century, to be young, wealthy, and Blackmore, J. (2002). Manifest perdition: Shipwreck narrative and the dis-
ruption of empire. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
of noble descent meant that one could embark upon the
Blanton, C. (2002). Travel writing: The self and the world. New York:
“Grand Tour,” an excursion that could last from months Routledge.
to years and during which one could learn about Euro- Bohls, E. (1995). Women travel writers and the language of aesthetics.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
pean politics, art, and culture.The tour became central in Campbell, M. B. (1988). The witness and the other world: Exotic European
contributing to the education of young British aristocratic travel writing, 400–1600. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Chaudhuri, K. N. (1985). Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An
men.They especially favored Italian destinations, includ-
economic history from the rise of Islam to 1750. Cambridge, UK: Cam-
ing Turin,Venice, Florence, and above all Rome because bridge University Press.
of its grandeur. The letters of William Beckford (1760– Conley,T. (1996). The self-made map: Cartographic writing in early mod-
ern France. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
1844), published in 1783, comprise one of the most Dathorne, O. R. (1994). Imagining the world: Mythical belief versus real-
famous travelogues of the Grand Tour, romantically enti- ity in global encounters. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey.
Dolan, B. (2000). Exploring European frontiers: British travellers in the
tled Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents, in a Series
age of enlightenment. London: Macmillan.
of Letters, from Various Parts of Europe. The latter half of Dunn, R. E. (1986). The adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim traveler of
the eighteenth century brought an increase in political sta- the 14th century. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California
Press.
bility for Europe as well as rapid technological advance- Gilroy, A. (Ed.). (2000). Romantic geographies: Discourses of travel
ment spurred by the Industrial Revolution, which made 1775–1844. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
Godlewska,A. M. C. (1999). Geography unbound: French geographic sci-
cheaper, safer travel easier. Nineteenth-century English
ence from Cassini to Humboldt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
travel literature, written by explorers, missionaries, and Helms, M. W. (1988). Ulysses’ sail: An ethnographic odyssey of power,
diplomats, was extremely popular among the literate knowledge, and geographical distance. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Uni-
versity Press.
classes, served British imperialist interests, and depicted Hoinacki, L. (1996). El camino:Walking to Santiago de Compostela. Uni-
the often-tragic encounters between indigenous and Euro- versity Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Hourani, G. F. (1951). Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and
pean peoples.
medieval times. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Jacobs, M. (1995). The painted voyage: Art, travel and exploration,
Perspective 1564–1875. London: British Hydromechanics Association.
Kirby, P. F. (1952). The Grand Tour in Italy (1700–1800). New York: S.
The continuing historical analysis of the immense body F.Vanni.
of rich and unique primary sources that make up travel lit- Korte, B. (2000). English travel writing from pilgrimages to postcolonial
explorations. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
erature will provide answers to questions concerning
Larner, J. (1999). Marco Polo and the discovery of the world. New Haven,
history, anthropology, and ethnography (study of culture). CT: Yale University Press.