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50 Essential Travel Books

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Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Samuel Johnson)
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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Samuel Johnson
The Oregon Trail (Francis Parkman)
The Oregon Trail
2
Francis Parkman
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Richard Burton)
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
3
Richard Burton
Roughing It
Roughing It
4
Travels With a Donkey
Travels With a Donkey
5
From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa From South to North (Ewart Grogan)
From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa From South to North
6
Ewart Grogan
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Valerian Albanov)
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
7
Valerian Albanov
Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
8
The Royal Road to Romance (Richard Halliburton)
The Royal Road to Romance
9
Richard Halliburton
The Gentleman in the Parlour (W. Somerset)
The Gentleman in the Parlour
10
W. Somerset
The Valleys of the Assassins (Freya Stark)
The Valleys of the Assassins
11
Freya Stark
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
12
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
13
Lost on a Mountain in Maine (Donn Fendler)
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
14
Donn Fendler
BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON by Rebecca West
BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON by Rebecca West
15
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (Henry Miller)
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
16
Henry Miller
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
17
Patrick Leigh Fermor
No Picnic on Mount Kenya (Felice Benuzzi)
No Picnic on Mount Kenya
18
Felice Benuzzi
Rome and a Villa
Rome and a Villa
19
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet
20
Heinrich Harrer
The Spanish Temper (V.S. Pritchett)
The Spanish Temper
21
V.S. Pritchett
South From Granada: A Sojourn in Southern Spain (Gerald Brenan)
South From Granada: A Sojourn in Southern Spain
22
Gerald Brenan
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
23
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands
24
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
25
John Steinbeck
The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens
26
Notes From the Century Before
Notes From the Century Before
27
Survive the Savage Sea (Dougal Robertson)
Survive the Savage Sea
28
Dougal Robertson
The Fearful Void
The Fearful Void
29
The Yage Letters (William S. Burroughs)
The Yage Letters
30
William S. Burroughs
Coming Into the Country (John McPhee)
Coming Into the Country
31
John McPhee
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
32
The Snow Leopard (Peter Matthiessen)
The Snow Leopard
33
Peter Matthiessen
Blue Highways
Blue Highways
34
The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country (Jan Morris)
The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country
35
Jan Morris
Iron and Silk
Iron and Silk
36
In Trouble Again
In Trouble Again
37
Great Plains
Great Plains
38
Alone (Gerard D'Aboville)
Alone
39
Gerard D'Aboville
Chasing the Monsoon
Chasing the Monsoon
40
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