Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes by Furtado, Peter

Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes

This entertaining new anthology includes travelers' tales from thirty-eight cities spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing...
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Author: Peter Furtado
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Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes by Furtado, Peter

Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes

$422.53

Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes

$422.53
Author: Peter Furtado
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This entertaining new anthology includes travelers' tales from thirty-eight cities spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berlin, Cairo to Chicago, and Rio to Rome.

The volume features commentators across the millennia, including the great travelers of ancient times, such as Greek geographer Strabo; those who undertook extensive journeys in the medieval world, not least Marco Polo; courageous women such as Isabella Bird and Freya Stark; and enterprising writers and journalists, including Mark Twain. We see the work of famous travelers, but also stories by ordinary people who found themselves involved in remarkable situations, like the medieval Chinese abbot who was shown around the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris by the king of France.

Some of the writers seek to provide a straightforward, accurate description of all they have seen, while others concentrate on their subjective experiences of the city and encounters with the inhabitants. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling historian Peter Furtado, each account provides both a vivid portrait of a distant place and time and an insight into those who journeyed there. The result is a book that delves into the splendors and stories that exist beyond conventional guidebooks and websites.



Author: Peter Furtado
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780500021651


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 09/13/2019

About the Author
Furtado, Peter: - Peter Furtado is the editor of Histories of Nations, History Day by Day, and Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes. He is the former editor of History Today, the world's leading history magazine.

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