One of the most respected and unconventional writers in the travel-industry — Pico Iyer — has just published his 9 Commandments of Travel Writing on Condé Nast Traveler. As you will see, they are not a typical set of rules you expect to read from an article like this. In summary he says: -A travel […]
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Best Travel Books Of All Time
Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only familiar with a handful. *Sigh* Condé Nast Traveler asked 45 of it’s favorite writers to […]
» Read more...The Beginning Of Travel-Publishing?
Ever wondered when the travel-publishing industry began, in what form, by whom, how, and with what intention? Honestly, I never did until I came across this piece on an exhibition that is displaying a set of Europe’s first printed travel images and maps from the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. In those days, traveling to […]
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