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The Grand Tour. The Golden Age of Travel by Marc Walter (English) Hardcover Book
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- Condition
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- ISBN-13
- 9783836585071
- ISBN
- 9783836585071
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taschen
ISBN-10
3836585073
ISBN-13
9783836585071
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050411378
Product Key Features
Book Title
Grand Tour. the Golden Age of Travel
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
Multiple Languages
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geography, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.2 in
Item Weight
139.5 Oz
Item Length
13.4 in
Item Width
9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Countless travel books have charted the so-called 'golden age' of travel, but none are quite as epic as this hefty tome.
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
910.4
Edition Description
Multilanguage edition
Synopsis
Return to a bygone age with this XL volume of vintage travel ephemera from 1869 to 1939. With posters, tickets, menus, turn-of-the-century photochromes, and quotes from literary travelers like Jules Verne or Mark Twain, this book recalls such classic trips as the Orient Express, the Grand Tour, and the Trans-Siberian Railway., Global travel can be a wearying business: mass tourism, overcrowded planes, chaotic airports, heightened security, cookie-cutter hotel chains, well-worn tourist trails. Finding even a sliver of adventure can sometimes feel impossible. But take heart: for all of us with an unfulfilled spirit of wanderlust, The Golden Age of Travel evokes an era when traveling the world was a thrilling new possibility for those with the resources, time, imagination, and daring. This richly illustrated volume charts the travel heyday of 1869 to 1939. Bedecked with ephemera and precious turn-of-the-century photochromes, it follows six classic tours favored by Western adventurers in the prewar era, including such famous traveler-writers as Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and Goethe. From the Grand Tour of Europe, a traditional rite of passage for young English aristocrats, to the Far East, barely touched by Western influence, to the famous Trans-Siberian Railway, we follow each journey through its itinerant stops and various modes of transport: trains, boats, cars, planes, horses, donkeys, and camels. With pages brimming with archival travel posters, guides, tickets, leaflets, brochures, menus, and luggage stickers, the book evokes all the romance, elegance, not to mention the sheer sense of novelty, that enthralled these golden-age passengers. Through decadent new cities, or wild, rugged terrains, this is your passport to a long-lost epoch of adventure and wide-eyed wonder at the world.
LC Classification Number
G155.A1
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