Literature of Travel and Exploration

ACOSTA, JOSÉ De (1540–1600) Spanish Jesuit Priest and Historian

Afghanistan

Airplanes

Alaska

Albania

ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DE (c. 1460–1515) Portuguese Admiral and Viceroy of India

ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356–323 BCE) Macedonian King and Soldier

Alps

Amazon River

AMUNDSEN, ROALD (1872–1928) Norwegian Polar Explorer

Andes

ANJOU, PETER (1796–1869) Russian Navy Officer and Explorer

Antarctica

APOLLONIUS OF TYANA Greek Philosopher and Traveler

Arabia

Arctic

Argentina

Athos, Mount

Atlantic Ocean, Explorations Across

Atlantic Ocean, Middle Passage

Australia

AL-AYYASHI (1628–1679) Moroccan Sufi and Traveler

BACK, GEORGE (1796–1878) British Naval Officer, Artist, and Arctic Explorer

Backpacking

Baedeker Guides

BAFFIN, WILLIAM (c. 1584–1622) English Navigator, Explorer, and Scientific Observer

BAINES, THOMAS (1820–1875) British Artist, Traveler, and Explorer

BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (1821–1893) British Traveler, Hunter, and Writer

Bali, 1800–1970

Balkans, Pre-1914

Balloons and Airships

BANKS, JOSEPH (1743–1820) British Naturalist, Explorer, and Patron of Exploration

BARROS, JOÃO DE (c. 1496–1570) Portuguese Historian and Writer

BARROW, JOHN (1764–1848) British Explorer, Writer, and Geographer

BARSKII, VASILII GRIGOROVICH (1702–1747) Ukrainian Pilgrim, Monk, and Diarist

BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865) German Explorer

BECKFORD, WILLIAM (1760–1844) British Novelist and Travel Writer

Beijing (Peking)

BELL, GERTRUDE (1868–1926) British Traveler, Diplomat, and Amateur Archaeologist

BELL, JOHN (1691–1780) British Diplomat, Merchant, and Traveler

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA Jewish Traveler

BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, JR. (1841–1918) American Newspaper Owner and Expedition Financier

BERING, VITUS (1681–1741) Danish Explorer and Navigator

Berlin

BERNIER, FRANÇOIS (1620–1688) French Physician and Traveler

Bicycles

Big Game Hunting

BIRD, ISABELLA L. (1831–1904) British Travel Writer

Black Sea

BLIXEN, KAREN (1885–1962) Danish Short-Story Writer, Novelist, and Translator

Blue Nile

BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (1840–1922) AND LADY ANNE (1837–1917) British Travelers

BONTEKOE, WILLEM (1587–1657) Dutch Sailor and Explorer

Borneo

BORROW, GEORGE (1803–1881) British Traveler, Writer, Translator, and Philologist

BOSWELL, JAMES (1740–1795) Scottish Lawyer, Journalist, and Biographer

BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE (1729–1811) French Scientist and Explorer

BOUVIER, NICOLAS (1929–1998) Swiss Travel Writer

Brazil

BRITO, BERNARDO GOMES DE (1688-c. 1759) Portuguese Bibliophile

BROOKE, ARTHUR DE CAPELL (1791–1858) British Landowner and Traveler

BRUCE, JAMES (1730–1794) British Traveler

BRUIJN, CORNELIS DE (c. 1652–c. 1727) Dutch Traveler and Painter

BRY, THEODORE DE (1528–1598) Flemish Illustrator and Engraver

Buccaneer Narratives

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786–1855) British Traveler and Writer

BUONDELMONTI, CRISTOFORO (c. 1385–1430) Florentine Monk and Traveler

BURCHELL, WILLIAM JOHN (1781–1863) British Naturalist and Traveler

BURCKHARDT, JOHANN LUDWIG (1784–1817) Swiss Traveler

Burma / Myanmar

BURNES, ALEXANDER (1805–1841) British Colonial Officer and Traveler

BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS (1821–1890) British Explorer, Diplomat, and Translator

BUSBECQ, OGIER GHISLAIN DE (c. 1520–1591) Flemish Diplomat

Buses and Coaches

BYRD, RICHARD (1888–1957) American Polar Explorer, Aviator, and Scientist

BYRD, WILLIAM (1674–1744) Virginia Planter-Legislator and Travel Writer

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD (1788–1824) British Poet and Dramatist

BYRON, ROBERT (1905–1941) British Writer and Art and Architectural Critic

Byzantium

CÀ DA MOSTO, ALVISE DA (c. 1430–1483) Venetian Nobleman, Merchant, and Travel Diarist

Cairo

CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA, FRANCES (1804–1882) Scottish Traveler and Wife of Spanish Ambassador to Mexico

Camels

CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT (1844–1894) British Explorer and Children's Writer

CAMINHA, PERO VAZ DE (c. 1449–1500) Portuguese Traveler and Writer

CAMÕES, LUÍS VAZ DE (c. 1524–1580) Portuguese Soldier and Writer

CAMPBELL, JOHN (1766–1840) Scottish Minister and Missionary

Canada

Canoes

Cape of Good Hope, Pre-1806

Caribbean, Pre-1700

Caribbean, Post-1700

CARPINI, GIOVANNI DI PIANO (c. 1182–c. 1252) Ambassador of Pope Innocent IV to the Mongol Khan

CARTIER, JACQUES (1491–1557) French Explorer

CASOLA, PIETRO (1427–1507) Milanese Clergyman and Pilgrim

CATLIN, GEORGE (1796–1872) United States Painter, Writer, and Explorer

Caucasus, Russian Exploration

Caucasus, Western Visitors

CAVENDISH, THOMAS (1560–1592) English Sailor and Circumnavigator

CELA, CAMILO JOSÉ (1916–2002) Spanish Novelist, Travel Writer, Poet, and Literary Critic

CENDRARS, BLAISE (1887–1961) French Poet and Novelist

Censorship and Travel Writing

Central Africa

Central America, Post-1524

Central Asia, Russian Exploration

Central Asia, Western Travelers

Central Europe

CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE (1567–1635) French Explorer, Geographer, and Administrator

CHANCELLOR, RICHARD (d. 1556) English Navigator, Mathematician, and Astronomer

CHARCOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1867–1936) French Polar Explorer and Oceanographer

CHARDIN, JEAN (1643–1713) French Traveler

CHATEAUBRIAND, VICOMTE DE, FRANÇOIS-RENÉ (1768–1848) French Author and Politician

CHATWIN, BRUCE (1940–1989) British Travel Writer and Novelist

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (c. 1340–1400) English Poet and Prose Writer

CHEKHOV, ANTON (1860–1904) Russian Dramatist, Novelist, Short-Story Writer, and Traveler

CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY (1886–1959) British Explorer and Writer

Children's Travel Writing

Chile

China

CIEZA DE LEÓN, PEDRO (c. 1520–1554) Spanish Conquistador and Chronicler

Circumnavigation Narratives

CLAPPERTON, HUGH (1788–1827) British Explorer

CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822) British Mineralogist, Antiquarian, and Travel Writer

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772–1834) British Poet and Essayist

Collections of Literature of Travel and Exploration

Collections of Literature of Travel and Exploration, Anthologies

Colonist and Settler Narratives

COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER (1451–1506) Italo-Hispanic navigator

CONRAD, JOSEPH (1857–1924) Polish-Born English Novelist and Travel Writer

Constantinople

CONTI, NICCOLÒ DEI (c. 1395–1469) Italian Merchant and Traveler

Cook's Tours

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789–1851) American Novelist and Travel Writer

CORONADO, FRANCISCO VÁSQUEZ DE (1510–1554) Spanish Explorer and Soldier

CORTÉS, HERNÁN (1485–1547) Spanish Soldier and Conquistador

CORYATE, THOMAS (c. 1577–1617) English Traveler and Writer

COXE, WILLIAM (1747–1828) British Traveler, Historian, and Political Biographer

Crete

Crimea

Crusades

Cuba

CURZON, GEORGE (1859–1925) British Statesman and Viceroy of India

CURZON, ROBERT (1810–1873) British Traveler and Book Collector

Cyprus

D'ANCONA, CYRIACO (c. 1391–c. 1450) Italian Merchant, Antiquarian, and Archaeologist

DA GAMA, VASCO (c. 1460–1524) Portuguese Admiral and European Discoverer of India

DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER (1737–1808) British Hydrographer

DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM (1965–) British Travel Writer and Journalist

Damascus

DAMPIER, WILLIAM (1651–1715) English Buccaneer, Explorer, and Travel Writer

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321) Italian Poet and Prose Writer

Danube River

DARWIN, CHARLES (1809–1882) British Scientist

DAVID, ARMAND (1826–1900) French Missionary and Natural Historian

DAVID-NÉEL, ALEXANDRA (1868–1969) French Travel Writer and Tibetan and Sanskrit Scholar

DAVIS, JOHN (c. 1550–1605) British Sailor and Explorer

DEFOE, DANIEL (1660–1731) English Merchant, Secret Agent, Journalist, and Novelist

DELLA VALLE, PIETRO (1586–1652) Italian Traveler and Antiquarian

DENHAM, DIXON (1786–1828) British Traveler in the Sahara and Sudan

DEZHNEV, SEMYON (c. 1608–c. 1672) Russian Explorer

Diaries

DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO, BERNAL (c. 1496–1584) Spanish Soldier and Chronicler

DICKENS, CHARLES (1812–1870) English Novelist

DIGBY, JANE (1807–1881) British Traveler and Artist

Diplomatic and Trade Missions

Dogsleds

DOUGHTY, CHARLES (1843–1926) British Poet and Explorer

DOUGLAS, DAVID (1799–1834) British Botanist and Journalist

DRAKE, FRANCIS (c. 1540–1596) English Admiral and Circumnavigator

DUFFERIN AND AVA, MARQUIS OF (FREDERICK TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD (1826–1902) British Diplomat, Sailor, and Writer

DUFF-GORDON, LUCIE (1821–1869) British Translator and Travel Writer

DURRELL, LAWRENCE (1912–1990) British Novelist, Poet, and Travel Writer

East Africa

East India Company (British)

East India Company (Dutch)

East India Company (French)

Eastern Europe, Pre–World War II

EBERHARDT, ISABELLE (1877–1904) Russian Writer and Journalist

Ecuador

EDEN, EMILY (1797–1869) British Traveler

EDWARDS, AMELIA (1831–1892) British Novelist and Travel Writer

EGERIA (FOURTH CENTURY) Spanish Nun and Pilgrim

Egypt, Ancient to 680 CE

Egypt, Islamic Travelers

Egypt, Western Travelers

England, Pre-1603

England, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

England, Nineteenth Century

England, Twentieth Century

Epistolary Travel Fiction

Ethics, Issues of

Ethiopia / Abyssinia

Ethnography

EUSTACE, JOHN (c. 1762–1815) Irish Traveler

EVELYN, JOHN (1620–1706) English Diarist

EVLIYA ÇELEBI (1611–c. 1684) Turkish Scholar and Official

Exile

EYRE, EDWARD (1815–1901) Australian Explorer and Colonial Governor

FA-HSIEN (c. 340–418) Chinese Buddhist Monk, Pilgrim, Writer, and Translator

Fantasy Travel Writing

FAWCETT, PERCY (1867–1925(?)) British Soldier and Explorer

FERMOR, PATRICK LEIGH (1915–) British Travel Writer

Fictional (Epigraph) Travel Writing

FIENNES, CELIA (1662–1741) British Travel Writer

FIENNES, RANULPH (1944–) British Explorer

Fiji

FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE (1821–1880) French Novelist

FLEMING, PETER (1907–1971) British Adventurer, Journalist, Soldier, and Historian

FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1549–1611) English Diplomat and Poet

FLINDERS, MATTHEW (1774–1814) British Naval Officer, Hydrographer, and Scientist

Florence

Fodor Guides

FORREST, JOHN (1847–1918) Australian Explorer and Politician

FORSTER, E.M. (1879–1970) British Novelist, Essayist, and Social and Literary Critic

FORSTER, GEORGE (1754–1794) German Naturalist

FORSYTH, JOSEPH (1763–1815) Scottish Traveler

FORTUNE, ROBERT (1812–1880) British Plant Collector and Traveler

FOUNTAINE, MARGARET (1862–1940) British Traveler and Collector

France, Pre-Revolutionary

France, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

FRANKLIN, JOHN (1786–1847) British Naval Captain and Arctic Explorer

French Indochina

FROBISHER, MARTIN (c. 1535–1594) English Pirate, Privateer, and Explorer

FROMENTIN, EUGÈNE (1820–1876) French Painter, Writer, and Art Critic

GARNIER, MARIE-JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS (1839–1873) French Naval Officer, Colonial Administrator, and Explorer

GAUTIER, THÉOPHILE (1811–1872) French Poet, Novelist, and Critic

Gender and Sexuality

Germany

AL-GHASSANI (d. 1707) Moroccan Ambassador

Al-Ghazāl (770–864) Spanish Muslim Ambassador and Explorer

AL-GHAZĀL (c. 1766) Moroccan Ambassador and Traveler

GIDE, ANDRÉ (1869–1951) French Novelist and Essayist

GILBERT, HUMPHREY (c. 1537–1583) English Explorer

Gobi Desert

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749–1832) German Poet, Prose Writer, and Dramatist

Golden Fleece, Quest for the

GRAAFF, NICOLAUS DE (c. 1617– c. 1701) Dutch Surgeon, Traveler, and Writer

GRAHAM, MARIA (1785–1842) British Author and Traveler

Grand Tour

GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892) British Soldier and Explorer in Africa

Great Game

Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River

Greece, Ancient Hellenic World

Greece, 1600–1821

Greece, Post-1821

GREENE, GRAHAM (1904–1991) British Novelist, Essayist, and Journalist

Greenland

Guidebooks

Guinea Coast, 1453–1799

HAAFNER, JACOB (1754–1809) Dutch Traveler and Travel Writer

Haiti

AL-HAJARĪ (c. 1570–c. 1640) Spanish Muslim (Morisco), Later North African, Interpreter and Translator

Hajj

HAKLUYT, RICHARD (1552–1616) English Geographer and Travel Historian

Hakluyt Society

HAMSUN, KNUT (1859–1952) Norwegian Novelist

HARRIOT, THOMAS (1560–1621) English Scientist and Colonist

HAWKINS, WILLIAM (D. 1613) English Traveler

HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778–1830) British Essayist and Critic

HEARN, PATRICK LAFCADIO (1850–1904) Greek Irish Journalist, Teacher, and Author

HEARNE, SAMUEL (1745–1792) British Arctic Explorer

HEBER, REGINALD (1783–1826) British Clergyman

Hedin, Sven (1865–1952) Swedish Explorer

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST (1899–1961) U.S. Novelist and Journalist

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR (1394–1460) Portuguese Prince and Discoverer

HERODOTUS (c. 484–AFTER 424 BCE) Greek Historian and Ethnographer

HEYERDAHL, THOR (1914–2002) Norwegian Explorer, Adventurer, Ethnologist, and Environmentalist

Histo'ria Tra'Gico-Mari'Tima

HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON (1817–1911) British Botanist and Traveler

HOPE, THOMAS (1769–1831) British/Dutch Architect, Designer, Traveler, Collector, And Novelist

Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Horses

HOWARD, THOMAS (1585–1646) English Art Collector and Traveler

Hudson's Bay Company

HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON (1769–1859) German Diplomat and Natural Historian

IBN BATTUTA (1304-c. 1368) Moroccan Traveler

Ibn Fadlān Muslim Traveler

IBN JUBAYR (c. 1144–1217) Spanish Arab Traveler and Writer

IBN KHALDUN (1332–1406) North African Historian, Philosopher, Courtier, and Judge

Iceland

AL-IDRISI (c. 1099–1154) Arab Geographer and Traveler

Illustration

Imperialist Narratives

India, Modern

India, Moghul

India, South

Indian Ocean, European Exploration

Indian Ocean, Post-Exploration

Indian Ocean Islands

Indian Subcontinent, Pre-1500

Iran / Persia

Ireland

Istanbul

Italy, Pre-1800

Italy, Post-1800

JAMES, HENRY (1843–1916) U.S.-born British Novelist

JAMESON, ANNA (1794–1860) Irish Writer and Traveler

Japan, Pre-1853

Japan, Post-1853

Java, 1800–1990

JENKINSON, ANTHONY (d. 1611) British Merchant, Sea Captain, and Ambassador

Jerusalem

Jesuit Narratives, Eastern Missions

Jesuit Narratives, New World Missions

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709–1784) English Poet, Prose Writer, Lexicographer, and Critic

Journalists and Journalism

Journals of Literature of Travel and Exploration

KAEMPFER, ENGELBERT (1651–1716) German Physician, Traveler, and Writer

KARAMZIN, NIKOLAI (1766–1826) Russian Writer, Publisher, and Historiographer

Kashmir

KHUSRO, NASIRI (1003–1088) Persian Traveler

KING, PHILIP PARKER (1791–1856) British Naval Officer and Hydrographer

KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM (1809–1891) British Travel Writer and Historian

KINGSLEY, MARY HENRIETTA (1862–1900) English Naturalist and Traveler

KINO, EUSEBIO FRANCISCO (1645–1711) Jesuit Missionary, Cartographer, Linguist, and Astronomer

KNOX, ROBERT (1641–1720) British Trader

Korea

LA PÉROUSE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE GALAUP DE (1741-c. 1788) French Explorer

LA SALLE, ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE (1643–1687) French Trader and Explorer

LAHONTAN, LOUIS ARMAND, BARON DE (1666–c. 1715) French Explorer

LANDER, RICHARD (1804–1834), AND JOHN LANDER (1806–1839) British Explorers of West Africa who Settled the Problem of the Niger

LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876) British Orientalist, Traveler, and Translator

Languages and Travel

LANNOY, GHILLEBERT DE (1386–1462) Burgundian Soldier and Ambassador

LAS CASAS, BARTOLOMÉ DE (1474–1566) Spanish Friar, Writer, and Activist

LAWRENCE, D.H. (1885–1930) British Novelist, Poet, and Essayist

LAWRENCE, T.E. (1888–1935) British Soldier and Writer

LE VAILLANT, FRANÇOIS (1753–1824) French Naturalist

LEAKE, WILLIAM MARTIN (1777–1860) British Soldier and Topographer

LEAR, EDWARD (1812–1888) British Artist, Poet, and Travel Writer

LEO AFRICANUS (c. 1490–c. 1554) Moroccan Emissary and Writer

LÉRY, JEAN DE (1534–1613) French Traveler

LESCARBOT, MARC (c. 1570–1642) French Lawyer, Writer, and Traveler

Letters

Levant

Levant Company

LÉVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE (1908-) French Social Anthropologist and Ethnographer

LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774–1809) American Explorer

LEWIS, NORMAN (1908–) English Writer and Traveler

LINNAEUS, CARL (1707–1778) Swedish Naturalist and Physician

LINSCHOTEN, J.H. VAN (1563–1611) Dutch Traveler

Linschoten-Vereeniging

LITHGOW, WILLIAM (1582–c. 1645) Scottish Travel Writer

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813–1873) British Explorer and Missionary

LOBO, JERÖNIMO (c. 1593–1678) Portuguese Jesuit Missionary

LODEWYCKSZ, WILLEM (d. 1604) Dutch Merchant and Explorer

Logbooks

London

LOPEZ, BARRY (1945–) American Prose and Fiction Writer

LOTI, PIERRE (1850–1923) French Naval Officer and Writer

MABILLON, JEAN (1632–1707) French Monk, Historian, and Travel Writer

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (c. 1762–1820) British Fur Trader and Explorer

MACLEAN, FITZROY (1911–1996) British Diplomat, Soldier, Politician, and Writer

Madagascar

MAILLART, ELLA (1903–1997) Swiss Travel Writer

Malaya/Malaysia

MALRAUX, ANDRÉ (1901–1976) French Novelist, Writer on Art, and Politician

Malta

Mandeville's Travels

MANNERHEIM, CARL GUSTAF EMIL (1867–1951) Finnish Military Leader, Statesman, and Explorer

Manuscript Collecting

Maps and Charts, Early Period

Maps and Charts, Twentieth Century

MARQUETTE, JACQUES (1637–1675), AND LOUIS JOLLIET (1645–1700) French Explorers

MARSDEN, KATE (1859–1931) British Nurse and Travel Writer

MARTÍ, JOSÉ (1853–1895) Cuban Patriot, Poet, and Journalist

MATTHIESSEN, PETER (1927–) American Novelist, Travel Writer, and Explorer

MAWSON, DOUGLAS (1882–1958) Australian Explorer, Scientist, and Administrator

AL-MAWSULI (fl. 1668–1683) Iraqi Priest and Traveler

Mecca and Medina

MEGASTHENES (c. 350–290 BCE) Hellenistic Envoy in India

Mekong River

MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819–1891) American Novelist and Poet

Mesopotamia

METHWOLD, WILLIAM (1590–1653) English Merchant

Mexico

Military Memoirs

Missionary Narratives

Missionary Societies

Mississippi River

Mongolia

MONTAGU, MARY WORTLEY (1689–1762) British Letter Writer, Poet, and Essayist

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533–1592) French Essayist

MONTEFIORE, MOSES (1784–1885) AND JUDITH (1784–1862) Jewish Travelers and Supporters of Jewish Rights

MOORCROFT, WILLIAM (c. 1765–1825) British Veterinary Surgeon and Traveler in Northwest India

Morocco

MORRIS, JAN (1926–) British Travel Writer, Journalist, Essayist, and Novelist

MORYSON, FYNES (1566–1630) English Travel Writer

Motorcars

Motorcycles

MUIR, JOHN (1838–1914) Scottish-Born American Writer, Conservationist, and Traveler

MURCHISON, RODERICK (1792–1871) British Promoter of Science and Scientific Travel

MURPHY, DERVLA (1931–) Irish Travel Writer

Murray Handbooks

Muscovy

Muscovy Company

NAIPAUL, V.S. (1932–) British Travel Writer, Novelist, and Essayist

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF (1861–1930) Norwegian Arctic Explorer, Neurologist, Oceanographer, and Humanitarian

National Geographic Society

NERVAL, GÉRARD DE (1808–1855) French Author and Journalist

New World Chronicles

New York

New Zealand

NEWBY, ERIC (1919–) British Traveler and Writer

Niagara Falls

NIEBUHR, CARSTEN (1733–1815) German Geographer, Cartographer, and Traveler

NIKITIN, AFANASII (FL. FIFTEENTH CENTURY) Russian Traveler

NIZA, MARCOS DE (1500–1558) Friar and Explorer

NORDENSKIÖLD, ADOLF (1832–1901) Finnish-Swedish Explorer, Mineralogist, and Baron

North Africa: The Mediterranean Maghreb

NORTH, MARIANNE (1830–1890) British Traveler and Painter

Northeast Passage

Northwest Passage

NÚñEZ CABEZA DE VACA, Álvar (c. 1490–1557) Spanish Soldier and Explorer

ODORIC DI PORDENONE (c. 1286–1331) Franciscan Friar and Traveler

Odyssey

OGILBY, JOHN (1600–1676) Scottish Travel Publisher and Atlas Maker

O'HANLON, REDMOND (1947–) British Writer and Traveler

OLEARIUS, ADAM (1603–1671) German Court Official and Traveler

OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW (1822–1903) American Landscape Architect and Writer

Orientalism

Ottoman Empire

OVIEDO Y VALDÉS, GONZALO FERNÀNDEZ De (1478–1557) Spanish Soldier, Imperial Administrator, and Historian

Pacific Ocean, Exploration Across

Pacific Ocean, Exploration Along the American West Coast

Pacific Ocean, Postexploration

Pacific Ocean Islands

PÁEZ, PERO (1564–1622) Spanish Jesuit Missionary and Writer

Pakistan

Palestine

PALGRAVE, GIFFORD (1826–1888) British Jesuit and Diplomat

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Paris

PARK, MUNGO (1771–1806) Scottish Explorer and Botanist

PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD (1790–1855) British Naval Officer and Explorer

PAUSANIAS (c. 115–c. 180) Greek Traveler and Writer

Periplous

Peru

PETER MARTYR (1447–1526) Italian Historian of New World Discoveries

PFEIFFER, IDA (1797–1858) Austrian Traveler and Travel Writer

Philippines

Photography

Picaresque Novels

Pilgrimage, Christian

Pilgrimage, Islamic (Other than Hajj)

PINTO, FERNÃO MENDES (c. 1510–1583) Portuguese Merchant Traveler and Writer

Pirates and Bandits

PIUS II (1405–1464) Italian Pope and Scholar

PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1475–1541) Spanish Conquistador

Plant Hunting, Africa

Plant Hunting, Asia

Plant Hunting, Europe

Plant Hunting, New World

Platter, Thomas (c. 1499–1582), Felix Platter (1536–1614), and Thomas Platter, The Younger (1574–1628)

POCOCKE, RICHARD (1704–1765) British Clergyman and Scholar

Poetry

POLO, MARCO (c. 1254–1324) Venetian Traveler

PONCE DE LEÖN, JUAN (1474–1521) Spanish Explorer, Conquistador, and Governor

PORTER, ROBERT (1777–1842) Irish Diplomat, Painter, and Traveler

Portugal

Postcards

PRZHEVALSKII, NIKOLAI (1839–1888) Russian Officer, Explorer, and Geographer

Publishing

PURCHAS, SAMUEL (c. 1577–1626) English Clergyman, Author, and Historian

Pyrenees

Pytheas of Massilia

RABAN, JONATHAN (1942–) British Writer and Traveler

RADCLIFFE, ANN WARD (1764–1823) British Novelist and Travel Writer

RADISHCHEV, ALEKSANDR (1749–1802) Russian Writer and Government Official

RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT (c. 1640?–1710), and Médard Chouart, Sieur Des Groseilliers (1618–c. 1695) French Explorers, Fur Traders, and Originators of the Hudson's Bay Company

RAE, JOHN (1813–1893) Scottish Doctor and Explorer

RALEIGH, WALTER (c. 1554–1618) English Courtier and Adventurer

RAMUSIO, GIOVANNI (1485–1557) Venetian Humanist and Geographer

RASMUSSEN, KNUD (1879–1933) Danish Polar Ethnographer and Explorer

RAY, JOHN (1627–1705), AND FRANCIS WILLUGHBY (1635–1672) English Naturalists

RENNELL, JAMES (1742–1830) British Cartographer, Geographer, and Oceanographer

Rhine

RICCI, MATTEO (1552–1610) Italian Jesuit Missionary and Traveler

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM (1743–1814) British Diplomat and Travel Writer

AL-RIHANI, AMEEN (1876–1940) Arab-American Writer and Traveler

ROBERTS, EMMA (c. 1793–1840)

Rocky Mountains

ROE, THOMAS (1581–1644) Explorer, Navigator, and Ambassador

Roman Empire Africa

Romanticism

Rome

ROSS, JAMES CLARK (1800–1862) British Naval Officer and Polar Explorer

ROSS, JOHN (1777–1856) British Naval Officer and Arctic Explorer

Royal Asiatic Society

Royal Geographical Society

RUBRUCK, GUILLAUME DE (b. c. 1210 or 1215) French Friar and Ambassador to the Mongol Khan

Russia

Russian Geographical Society

Russian-American Company

SAHAGÚN, BERNARDINO DE (1500–1590) Franciscan Missionary in Mexico

Sahel (Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger)

Sailing Ships

Sakhalin

Samarkand

Samoa

Santiago De Compostela

SARMIENTO, DOMINGO FAUSTINO (1811–1888) Argentinian Educator, Writer, Statesman, and Diplomat

SASSETTI, FILIPPO (1540–1588) Florentine Merchant and Writer

Scandinavia

Scientific Traveling

Scotland

SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON (1868–1912) British Polar Explorer

SÉGALEN, VICTOR (1878–1919) French Naval Doctor, Archaeologist, Traveler, and Poet

SEMENOV, PETR (1827–1914) Russian Geographer

SEUME, JOHANN (1763–1810) German Soldier, Editor, and Private Tutor

SHACKLETON, ERNEST (1874–1922) British Polar Explorer

SHAW, THOMAS (1694–1751) British Clergyman and Traveler

SHELDON, MAY FRENCH (1848–1936) American Traveler and Writer

SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797–1851) British Novelist and Essayist

Shipwreck

Siberia

Sicily

Silk Route

Singapore

Slave Narratives

SMITH, JOHN (1580–1631) English Explorer, Historian, and Colonial Statesman

SMOLLETT, TOBIAS (1721–1771) Scottish Novelist and Prose Writer

Society for the History of Discoveries

Society of Dilettanti

SOTO, HERNANDO DE (c. 1496–1542) Spanish Conquistador and Explorer

South America (The North)

Southern Africa

Soviet Union, 1917–1991

Space Travel and Exploration

Spain, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Spas and Health Resorts

SPEKE, JOHN (1827–1864) British Explorer

Sri Lanka

STADEN, HANS German Soldier

STAEËL, MADAME DE (1766–1817) French Novelist and Essayist

STANHOPE, HESTER LUCY (1776–1839) British Traveler

STANLEY, HENRY MORTON (1841–1904) British Journalist, Explorer, and Writer

STARK, FREYA MADELINE (1893–1993) British Traveler and Explorer

STARKE, MARIANA (c. 1762–1838) British Travel Writer

Steamships

STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR (1879–1962) American Arctic Explorer and Promoter

STEIN, (MARC) AUREL (1862–1943) Hungarian Explorer, Indologist, and Archaeologist

STEINBECK, JOHN (1902–1968) American Novelist and Travel Writer

STENDHAL (1783–1842) French Novelist, Administrator, and Travel Writer

Stephens, John Lloyd (1805–1852), and Frederick Catherwood (1799–1854)

STERNE, LAURENCE (1713–1768) British Novelist

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (1850–1894) British Novelist and Essayist

STUART, JOHN MCDOUALL (1815–1866) Australian Explorer

STURT, CHARLES (1795–1869) Australian Explorer

Sudan

SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667–1745) Irish Satirist, Essayist, Poet, and Churchman

TAFUR, PERO (c. 1410–c. 1484) Spanish Nobleman, Diplomat, and Traveler

Tahiti

TAVERNIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1605–1689) French Jeweler and Traveler in Iran and India

TEIXEIRA, PEDRO (c. 1560–?) Portuguese Commercial Traveler and Historian of Ancient Persia

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811–1863) British Novelist, Artist, Journalist, and Publisher

Thailand / Siam

THEROUX, PAUL (1941–) American Novelist and Travel Writer

THESIGER, WILFRID (1910–) British Explorer and Writer

THÉVENOT, JEAN DE (1633–1667) French Traveler and Geographical Writer

THOMPSON, DAVID (1770–1857) British Surveyor, Explorer, and Fur Trader

THUBRON, COLIN (1939–) British Travel Writer and Novelist

Tibet

Timbuktu

TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE (1805–1859) French Political Analyst and Social Historian

Tourism

TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE (1656–1708) French Botanist and Physician

Trains

Travel Essays

TRISTAN, FLORA (1803–1844) French Political Activist and Travel Writer

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY (1815–1882) British Novelist and Civil Servant

TROLLOPE, FRANCES (1779–1863) English Travel Writer and Novelist

TSYBIKOV, GOMBOZHAB (1873–1930) Mongolian Traveler and Scholar

Turkestan

Turkey

TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851) British Painter

TWAIN, MARK (1835–1910) American Novelist and Prose Writer

Undersea Exploration

United States, Midwest

United States, South

United States, West Coast

United States, Wild West

Uruguay

USHAKOV, GEORGII (1901–1963) Soviet Russian Arctic Explorer

Utopias and Dystopias

VAN DER POST, LAURENS (1906–1996) South African Explorer and Writer

VANCOUVER, GEORGE (1757–1798) British Naval Officer and Surveyor

VARTHEMA, LUDOVICO DE (c. 1470–c. 1517) Italian Traveler and Adventurer

VEER, GERRIT DE (c. 1573–after 1598) Dutch Arctic Explorer

Venice

VERNE, JULES (1828–1905) French Novelist and Children's Writer

VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA (1485–1528) Italian Explorer

VESPUCCI, AMERIGO (1454–1512) Italian Navigator and Explorer

Volcanology

Volga River

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANÇOIS DE CHASSEBOEUF, COMTE DE (1757–1820) French Diplomat, Philosopher, and Scholar

Wales

Walking

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823–1913) British Scientist and Writer

WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST (1811–1852) Finnish Explorer

War Correspondents

WAUGH, EVELYN (1903–1966) English Novelist and Travel Writer

West Africa

WESTERMARCK, EDVARD (1862–1939) Finnish Philosopher, Sociologist, and Anthropologist

WHARTON, EDITH (1862–1937) American Novelist and Prose Writer

White Nile

WISSMANN, HERMANN VON (1853–1905) German Explorer

WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY (1759–1797) British Prose Writer

Women Travelers, 1500–1800

Women Travelers, Nineteenth Century

Women Travelers, Twentieth Century

WORKMAN, FANNY BULLOCK (1859–1925) American Traveler and Mountaineer

WOTTON, HENRY (1568–1639) English Diplomat, Poet, and Scholar

WRAXALL, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1751–1831) British Diplomat, Historian, and Traveler

YAQUT (c. 1179–1229) Scholar of Arabic-Islamic Culture and Writer

Yemen

YERMAK, TIMOFEYEVICH (d. c. 1584) Russian Military Leader

YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741–1820) British Agriculturalist and Writer

YOUNG, GAVIN (1928–2001) British Journalist and Traveler

YOUNGHUSBAND, FRANCIS (1863–1942) British Soldier, Diplomat, Explorer, Travel Writer, and Mystic

Yukon River

YULE, HENRY (1820–1889) British Geographer and Travel Historian