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Contains 284 entries providing introductory synopses of both mythical and historical travel and "tourist" sites prior to the 20th century. Listings appear under the names of people, places, things, events, and concepts and focus on the expectations and beliefs of travelers, including their ideas about roads, sea travel, accommodations, foreigners, and strange lands. Includes b&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
I've had the book for several days now and enjoy Mr. Fritze's take on what explorers, geographers and mythmakers said about voyages real and fabricated. I would have liked to see some discussion of travel fiction and fantasy- the genre of Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe. I included these in my own book on the subject, THE IMAGINARY SEA VOYAGE.Since the author has included the Odyssey and the Argonautica--unmistakably fictional accounts, though perhaps based on some actual sailor's embellished recollections, he might have embraced more recent examples of the faux travel account.All-in-all a handy compendium of the legends, lore and travel journals up through the 19th century.
