- EAN13
- 9780748111503
- Éditeur
- Abacus
- Date de publication
- 04/06/2009
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- anglais
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In the early 19th century there was a huge surge forward in travel of all
kinds. Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 came barely a year after John
Murray's first guidebook was published. Then in 1838 Bradshaw's famous
portable railway timetable appeared. In 1841 Thomas Cook, the world's first
travel agent, organised its first tour (from London to Leicester and back by
train). The age of mass tourism had arrived. Side by side with it another
phenomenom began to develop: exploration to wilder shores and uncharted lands.
This is the focus of Nicholas Murray's fascinating book which draws upon the
extraordinary stories of Livingstone's journey across Africa; Burton and Speke
reaching Lake Tanganyika; John Stuart crossing Australia from south to north;
Livingstone reaching the Zambezi; Richard Burton's travels across Arabia, and
countless others' extraordinary and brave expeditions.
kinds. Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 came barely a year after John
Murray's first guidebook was published. Then in 1838 Bradshaw's famous
portable railway timetable appeared. In 1841 Thomas Cook, the world's first
travel agent, organised its first tour (from London to Leicester and back by
train). The age of mass tourism had arrived. Side by side with it another
phenomenom began to develop: exploration to wilder shores and uncharted lands.
This is the focus of Nicholas Murray's fascinating book which draws upon the
extraordinary stories of Livingstone's journey across Africa; Burton and Speke
reaching Lake Tanganyika; John Stuart crossing Australia from south to north;
Livingstone reaching the Zambezi; Richard Burton's travels across Arabia, and
countless others' extraordinary and brave expeditions.
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