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The Travels of Marco Polo
13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo
guide book
book of information about a place, designed for the use of visitors or tourists
Oku no Hosomichi
work by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō
Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi
thumb|Cover of Seyahatname by Evliya Çelebi, 1895 edition
Record of the Western Regions
record of the travels of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang from Tang China to India and back
Tosa Nikki
poetic diary written anonymously by the tenth-century Japanese poet Ki no Tsurayuki
Itinerarium Burdigalense
4th-century account of a pilgrimage from Bordeaux to the Holy Land
rihla
Riḥla () refers to both a journey and the written account of that journey, or travelogue. It constitutes a genre of Arabic literature. Associated with the medieval Islamic notion of "travel in search of knowledge" (الرحلة في طلب العلم), the riḥla as a genre of medieval and early-modern Arabic literature usually describes a journey taken with the intent of performing the Hajj, but can include an itinerary that vastly exceeds that original route. The classical riḥla in medieval Arabic travel literature, like those written by Ibn Battuta (known commonly as The Rihla) and Ibn Jubayr, includes a de
Leonhard Rauwolf
German botanist and writer
Customs of Cambodia
book written by Zhou Daguan during his stay at Angkor between 1296 and 1297
The Motorcycle Diaries
Memoir by Che Guevara
Wang ocheonchukguk jeon
travelogue in Classical Chinese by Korean Buddhist monk Hyecho, who traveled from Korea to India in 723 – 728 CE; lost but recovered in the Dunhuang manuscripts
Libro del conoscimiento
14th-century Castilian geographical and armorial manual (dated to ca. 1385)
History of a Six Weeks' Tour
book by Mary Shelley
Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige
1802–1822 novel by Jippensha Ikku
An Idiot Abroad
British travel documentary television series
Travels to the West of Qiu Chang Chun
literary work
sefaretname
Sefāret-nāme (سفارت نامه), literally the book of embassy, was a genre in the Turkish literature which was closely related to seyahatname (the book of travels), but was specific to the recounting of journeys and experiences of an Ottoman ambassador in a foreign, usually European, land and capital. Sefâretnâme were edited by their authors with a view to their presentation to the Sultan, and to his high administration, thus also bearing a semi-official character, their objective being to make them "feel" the foreign country in question, as much as informing on it. For this reason, and for the lit
Ora Maritima
poem by Avienus
Ennin's Diary
book by Ennin
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
14th-century travel memoir
Itinerarium Alexandri
literary work
Metz Epitome
Late antiquity work on Alexander the Great
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
1796 travel narrative by Mary Wollstonecraft
España artística y monumental
collection of lithographs by Jenaro Pérez Villaamil
Ying Ya Sheng Lan
book by Ma Huan
A Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Sea
Buddhist travelogue by the Tang Chinese monk Yijing
Journey to the Alcarria
book by Camilo José Cela
Rambles in Germany and Italy
book
Xingcha Shenglan
Chinese historical work written by Fei Xin
Going South
2021 memoir and photobook by Lorde
Safine-ye Solaymani
1685 Persian travel account
To Chicago and Back
book by Aleko Konstantinov
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
book
Daunt Books
chain of bookshops in London
Frigate "Pallada"
literary work