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A travelogue is a written record of a journey. Travelogues have a long history, from Pausanias' account of 2nd-century Greece, to Marco Polo's travels in 13th-century Asia, to the 19th-century ramblings of Mark Twain, through to modern travel literature. ...more

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Quotes Tagged “Travelogue”

“ The fascination of the July Monarchy public with lithographic albums was intimately related to the popularity of the travelogue, which constituted an important literary form at the time. Professional travelers and scientists as well as many of the major writers of the period dedicated themselves to this genre. Stendhal’s Promenades dans Rome (1829) and his Memoires d'un touriste (1838); Alphonse de Lamartine’s Voyage en Orient (1832-1833); Victor Hugo’s Rhin (1842); George Sand’s Lettres d'un vo ...more ”
― Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, The Art of the July Monarchy: France, 1830 to 1848

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“ A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander. ”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

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