Encyclopedia of Travel Literature

Brown (English literature, Zayed U., Abu Dhabi) explains that this volume is not a travel guide or anthology of trip journals and voyage accounts. From Adams, Douglas" (of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame) to "Young, Arthur" (an 18th-19th century English travel writer), entries from a paragraph to five columns feature some of the themes and best Western (mostly) writers in the genre from 15th-century adventurers to contemporary "post-tourists." Illustrations are drawn from Gulliver's Travels , the film Mutiny on the Bounty based on Captain Bly's 1788 narrative, and include a 1890 photo of "around the world in 72 days" U.S. journalist Nelly Bly. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)