A Traveller’s Year – 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters –

“A Traveller’s Year is an anthology of extracts from diaries, journals and letters, two or three for each day of the year, on the subject of travel and exploration.

The extracts convey the travel experiences of men and women from the sixteenth century to the present day, with an emphasis on the period 1750-1950, the classic era of both European exploration and diary-writing. The authors of the pieces include famous explorers, botanists and ethnographers, painters and novelists, as well as sightseers and holidaymakers.

There are more than two hundred featured writers. Contributors include Mungo Park, Charles Darwin, Isabella Bird, Lewis Carroll, Gertrude Bell, Graham Greene, Simone de Beauvoir, Jack Kerouac and Alan Bennett.”