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William Chapman  - Reminiscences (Hardcover): Nicol Stassen William Chapman - Reminiscences (Hardcover)
Nicol Stassen
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

At age 60 William Chapman began writing down his memoirs and this book contains his engaging and enjoyable diary entries in the late nineteenth century.

The book is divided as follows:

  • the story of his life (called “Reminiscences concerning the life of William James Bushnell Chapman”) until 1902, written at his home Mont Verdun or Sandula, Mombolo, Angola and dated 22nd March 1918, his sixtieth birthday anniversary.
  • his reminiscences from 1903 to 1916
  • an account of the entry of the Trek-Boers into Angola and of their sojourn during the forty-eight years they struggled in that country under Portuguese rule, which he was still writing in 1932.
Chapman grew up in Cape Town but was determined to go to Damaraland, being bent on following the life his father had led. He succumbed to the call of freedom and his ambition to become a big game hunter. He desired to see the hunting fields, the forests, the game, and everything he had read of in books of travel, He left Table Bay in 1874 for Walvis Bay and started his adventures from there. He tells of his life as a trader, also active in hunting, transport riding, road building, cattle farming, agriculture, gold prospecting, and an agent for the supply of wagons. Chapman’s narrations of his journeys, travels and encounters are fascinating and give insight into the adventurous life at that time.

Through these diaries, and with extensive research by Nicol Stassen, we are offered a unique insight into Chapmans’s journeys, travels and encounters.

Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers - of England and Wales (Hardcover): Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers - of England and Wales (Hardcover)
R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales. In the Victorian era, the name Bradshaw became synonymous with reliable information on travelling the nation's blossoming network of railways. Published in 1904, Canals and Navigable Rivers was the first guide to planning journeys on the inland waterways of England and Wales. Noting bridges, locks, distances and commercial use, it explores the routes, operation and history of the network, and gives commentary on the areas through which it passed. Compiled at a time when the railways had largely supplanted the waterways, it paints a fascinating portrait of the Edwardian canal system as it began to fall into gentle decay. This facsimile edition of the original book now offers a different perspective for canal boaters and walkers, and gives invaluable information about waterways now lost.

When Dreams Collide - Travels in Yugoslavia with Rebecca West (Hardcover): Nicholas Allan When Dreams Collide - Travels in Yugoslavia with Rebecca West (Hardcover)
Nicholas Allan
R747 R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Save R98 (13%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

When Dreams Collide is Nicholas Allan's intimate pilgrimage across the former states of Yugoslavia. Shedding the received knowledge of headlines, he explores the splintered co-evolution of these lands over the last ten centuries, guided by the inimitable Rebecca West's masterpiece, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. Written 80 years in the past, West's account serves as a fascinating reference for the optimistic interwar years of the 20th century between the Ottoman decline and the Nazi onset. The evolving balancing act of Tito's Yugoslav experiment and the atrocities following its break-up were still to come. Collapsing empires and proud young nations, monasteries and mosques, brotherhood, hatred, war, music, frescoes, food, costume, people, mountains, rivers and seas, the distant rumbles of the centuries take many forms. At a turning point in his own life, Allan is drawn to explore this complex area, through the lens of his part Eastern European heritage. He records personal encounters and richly drawn characters interwoven with history and art, politics and religion (too often one and the same). Enhanced with delightful hand-drawn maps of the Balkans including Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia. 73 informative photograph's showing some the areas key historical figures including Ibrahim Rugova, Hitler, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Tito, Draza Mihailovic, Slobodan Milosevic, Alecksandar Vucic, Alija Izetbegovic, Radovan Karadzic, Ante Pavelic, Franjo Tudjman, and Fitzroy Maclean.

Savoring the Camino de Santiago - It's the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike (Hardcover): Julie Gianelloni Connor Savoring the Camino de Santiago - It's the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike (Hardcover)
Julie Gianelloni Connor; Illustrated by Mary Connor; Cover design or artwork by Coverkitchen
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hunter is Death (Paperback): T.V. Bulpin The Hunter is Death (Paperback)
T.V. Bulpin
R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

This book is without a doubt the most remarkable true account ever written of adventure in Africa. It is the story of the life of George Rushby, an adventurer, ivory hunter, prospector, game rancher who immigrated to SA from Britain in search of a new life and all the curious and violent events that befell him until as a game ranger of Tanganyika. He faced and defeated the lion man-eters of the Njombe district. George Rushby vows to rid the land of these man-eaters, but he soon discovers they are unlike any lions he has ever encountered. He gets no help in his fight from the villagers who believe the killings to be the work of the local witchdoctor, a man they fear to cross - when a child Rushby loves is killed, the battle becomes personal. The reader is transported into a world of tumultuous events, many of which baffle all rational thought. George Rushy was duly referred to as "the prince of adventurers" and we join him on his travels and experiences in Africa.

Six Months in the Hijaz - Journeys to Makkah and Madinah 1877-1878 (Hardcover): John Keane Six Months in the Hijaz - Journeys to Makkah and Madinah 1877-1878 (Hardcover)
John Keane
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wayward son of a respected clergyman, by twenty-two, Jack Keane had seen the world. It only remained for him to visit the forbidden cities of Makkah and Madinah, and his chance came when he steps ashore in the Red Sea port of Jiddah. Disguised as a pilgrim he joins a caravan to Islam's holiest cities. Stoned in Makkah, knifed on the way to Madinah, Keane witnesses death and suffering in the desert, as he and his fellow-pilgrims are menaced by predatory desert tribes. His account and the mysterious affair of the "Lady Venus", who, Keane alleged, was an Englishwoman stranded in Makkah at the time of his visit, created a sensation in England earning him some notoriety and helping to publicise his first two books, Six Months in Meccah and My Journey to Medinah. These are here republished for the first time since the 1880s. William Facey's Introduction tells the story of Keane's life, provides a critical appraisal of his journey, and places his account of the pilgrimage in the context of other travellers to Islam's holy places. The comprehensive glossary, index and map which accompany this single volume will assist and guide readers as they join Keane on his remarkable journey. Today, with the spotlight turned on the region and its religion, Keane's account represents a prescient reflection of Western attitudes of the time towards Islam and the Arab world.

If You Were There - Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind (Paperback): Francisco Garcia If You Were There - Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind (Paperback)
Francisco Garcia
R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' Andrew O' Hagan A powerful, evocative and deeply personal journey into the world of missing people When Francisco Garcia was just seven years old, his father, Christobal, left his family. Unemployed, addicted to drink and drugs, and adrift in life, Christobal decided he would rather disappear altogether than carry on dealing with the problems in front of him. So that's what he did, leaving his young wife and child in the dead of night. He has been missing ever since. Twenty years on, Francisco is ready to take up the search for answers. Why did this happen and how could it be possible? Where might his father have gone? And is there any reason to hope for a happy reunion? During his journey, which takes him all across Britain and back to his father's homeland of Spain, Francisco tells the stories of those he meets along the way: the police investigators; the charity employees and volunteers; the once missing and those perilously at risk around us; the families, friends and all those left behind. If You Were There is the moving and affecting story of one man's search for his lost family, an urgent document of where we are now and a powerful, timeless reminder of our responsibility to others.

Bethlehem in Palastina - The 1840s Travelogue of a Visitor to the Holy Land (Hardcover): Titus Tobler Bethlehem in Palastina - The 1840s Travelogue of a Visitor to the Holy Land (Hardcover)
Titus Tobler; Translated by Michelle Stobler; Introduction by Khalil Shokeh; Foreword by Maxim Sansour
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Moroccan Trilogy - Rabat, Marrakesh and Fez (Paperback): Jerome Tharaud, Jean Tharaud A Moroccan Trilogy - Rabat, Marrakesh and Fez (Paperback)
Jerome Tharaud, Jean Tharaud
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From 1917 19, the Tharaud brothers immersed themselves in Morocco while observing the determined imposition of the French Protectorate at first hand. With unique access to both colonial manoeuvres and a now-vanished Moroccan way of life, they settled for periods in Marrakesh, Rabat and Fez to absorb and observe. We join them on visits to the Sultan one day and to the shrine of Sidi Ben Achir part shrine, part mental asylum on another. They watch the son and heir of the Glaoui dynasty die from wounds received in a mountain battle, and lovers weaving and ducking across the rooftops of Fez to reach their trysting place. This is the first translation of these vivacious works into English, giving access to the majesty, the squalor and above all the liveliness of this extraordinary period of Moroccan history.

First Class at Last! (Paperback): Patrick Forsyth First Class at Last! (Paperback)
Patrick Forsyth
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Hugh Miller The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Hugh Miller; Introduction by Dr Michael A. Taylor; Notes by Dr Michael A. Taylor
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This account shows the full range of Hugh Miller's interests - the lyrical description of the scenery and accounts of beautiful fossils show a deep affection for the Scottish landscape, while his role as a serious religious journalist and social crusader is highlighted in his discussions on the Disruption and the Highland Clearances.

The Ascent of the Matterhorn - And the Forgotten Photographs (Hardcover): Theresa May The Ascent of the Matterhorn - And the Forgotten Photographs (Hardcover)
Theresa May; Edward Whymper
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Jerusalem, Palestine & Jordan - In the Archives of Hisham Khatib (Hardcover): Hisham Khatib Jerusalem, Palestine & Jordan - In the Archives of Hisham Khatib (Hardcover)
Hisham Khatib; Foreword by Sarah Searight
R1,122 R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Save R165 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dr Hisham Khatib has spent almost 40 years amassing the vast and historically valuable collection of representations of the Near East featured in this book. The artworks included here (paintings, prints, maps, books, photographs, and even postcards) depict the Holy Land during the Ottoman period (1517-1917). The stunning images are accompanied by an engaging and deeply informative text.

Everyday Storytellers - A step by step guide to writing about your travels, adventures & life (Hardcover): Laura Stroud Everyday Storytellers - A step by step guide to writing about your travels, adventures & life (Hardcover)
Laura Stroud
R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Travels through France and Italy (Hardcover): Tobias Smollett Travels through France and Italy (Hardcover)
Tobias Smollett; Edited by Frank Felsenstein
R8,791 R7,185 Discovery Miles 71 850 Save R1,606 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A scholarly edition of a work by Tobias Smollett. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Begums, Thugs and White Mughals (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Fanny Parkes Begums, Thugs and White Mughals (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Fanny Parkes
R457 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R71 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fanny Parkes, who lived in India between 1822 and 1846, was the ideal travel writer - courageous, indefatigably curious and determinedly independent. Her delightful journal traces her journey from prim memsahib, married to a minor civil servant of the Raj, to eccentric, sitar-playing Indophile, fluent in Urdu, critical of British rule and passionate in her appreciation of Indian culture. Fanny is fascinated by everything, from the trial of the thugs and the efficacy of opium on headaches to the adorning of a Hindu bride. To read her is to get as close as one can to a true picture of early colonial India - the sacred and the profane, the violent and the beautiful, the straight-laced sahibs and the more eccentric "White Mughals" who fell in love with India and did their best, like Fanny, to build bridges across cultures.

A Glimpse at the Travelogues of Baghdad (Hardcover): Iman Al-Attar A Glimpse at the Travelogues of Baghdad (Hardcover)
Iman Al-Attar
R1,608 Discovery Miles 16 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book of its kind to include extensive analysis of the travelogues of Baghdad in relation to historiography. This book contains analysis of the stages of travel writing in general and the objectives of the writers, which makes it appealing for people who are keen to learn about the travelogues worldwide. The research in this book encompasses a number of disciplines, including urban history, architecture, literature, travel writing, history of Baghdad, Islamic studies, heritage and conservation. Because of this variety it would appeal to many academics from different backgrounds. Apart from academics, this book would appeal to other people who are interested in history, literature, Arabic, Islamic cities, and learning in general. Some photos and diagrams that are used in this book are taken from original sources that have been rarely published before.

A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf - Legacy Edition - A Great Hike To The Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, And The Atlantic Ocean... A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf - Legacy Edition - A Great Hike To The Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, And The Atlantic Ocean (Hardcover, Legacy ed.)
John Muir
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Travel Writings of Marguerite Blessington - The Most Gorgeous Lady on the Tour (Paperback): Aneta Lipska The Travel Writings of Marguerite Blessington - The Most Gorgeous Lady on the Tour (Paperback)
Aneta Lipska
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Critical Reader of the Romantic Grand Tour - Tristes Plaisirs (Paperback): Chloe Chard A Critical Reader of the Romantic Grand Tour - Tristes Plaisirs (Paperback)
Chloe Chard
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chloe Chard assembles fascinating passages from late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century accounts of travel in Italy, by Northern Europeans, writing in English (or, in some cases, translated into English at the time); 'Tristes Plaisirs' includes writings by Charles Dupaty, Maria Graham, Anna Jameson, Sydney Morgan, Henry Matthews and Hester Lynch Piozzi. The extracts often focus on the labile moods that contribute to the 'triste plaisir' of travelling (as Madame de Stael termed it): moods such as restlessness, anxiety, exhaustion, animal exuberance, sexual excitement and piqued curiosity. The introduction considers some of these responses in relation to the preoccupations and rhetorical strategies of travel writing during the Romantic period and introductory commentaries examine the ways in which the passages take up a series of themes, around which the five chapters are ordered: 'Pleasure', 'Rising and sinking in sublime places', 'Danger and destabilization', 'Art, unease and life', and 'Gastronomy, Gusto and the Geography of the Haunted'. -- .

The Experience of Idling in Victorian Travel Texts, 1850-1901 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Heidi Liedke The Experience of Idling in Victorian Travel Texts, 1850-1901 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Heidi Liedke
R2,415 Discovery Miles 24 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together theories of spatiality and mobility with a study of travel writing in the Victorian period to suggest that 'idleness' is an important but neglected condition of subjectivity in that era. Contrary to familiar stereotypes of 'the Victorians' as characterized by speed, work, and mechanized travel, this books asserts a counter-narrative in which certain writers embraced idleness in travel as a radical means to 're-subjectification' and the assertion of a 'late-Romantic' sensibility. Attentive to the historical and literary continuities between 'Romantic' and 'Victorian', the book reconstructs the Victorian discourse on idleness. It draws on an interdisciplinary range of theorists and brings together a fresh selection of accounts viewed through the lens of cultural studies as well as accounts of publication history and author biography. Travel texts from different genres (by writers such as Anna Mary Howitt, Jerome K. Jerome and George Gissing) are brought together as representing the different facets of the spectrum of idleness in the Victorian context.

George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca (Paperback): Sand George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca (Paperback)
Sand
R1,437 Discovery Miles 14 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Greek Eyes on Europe - The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu (Hardcover): John Muir Greek Eyes on Europe - The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu (Hardcover)
John Muir
R4,011 Discovery Miles 40 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied a diplomatic mission from Venice to England in the middle of the sixteenth century. He describes some of the great northern Italian cities, gives vivid impressions of picturesque Germany, of sober but enthusiastic Lutheran church services, and of cities on the Rhine. In the Low Countries he visits the commercial centres and in England gives a real sense of the excitement of London and its sights. He rather liked the English (even giving a recipe for beer), and is clearly fascinated by Henry VIII, his attacks on the monasteries and his break with Rome. He then surprisingly joins up with a troop of Greek mercenaries, but finally leaves them and returns to Italy through France with glimpses of Fontainebleau and Francis I. We leave Andronikos after he has visited Rome on his way back to Venice. The book is an almost unknown source for the sixteenth century and will certainly be of interest to historians and students. It is also an important and little-known landmark in the development of Modern Greek literature, especially relevant to the burgeoning modern interest in travel writing. It is accessible and a good read.

Six Months In Hawaii (Paperback): Isabella Bird Six Months In Hawaii (Paperback)
Isabella Bird
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Korea & Her Neighbours Hb (Paperback): Bird Korea & Her Neighbours Hb (Paperback)
Bird
R1,414 Discovery Miles 14 140 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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