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A Bit About Literature
British authors who have written about travelling
Britain has a long history of travel writing with roots dating back to the early explorers . In recognition of these veterans , we present a list of the best modern British travel writers , who have taught us a thing or two about anthropology , geography , history and travel .
Freya Stark
Stark is known for her extensive travels around the Middle East and her position as one of the first Westerners to venture to some of the most dangerous areas in southern Arabia and western Iran . She wrote many books on her travels , including The Valleys of the Assassins ( 1934 ), and is revered as a true explorer . As one of the first Western writers to travel so widely and extensively , she was not only famed for her adventurous attitude but her writings themselves , which create a vivid picture of the people and places she encountered . Her writings reveal to us new cultures and carry us with her , and this desire to experience new places is after all , why we read travel literature .
Robert MacFarlane
MacFarlane is another writer inspired by nature . He released his first book in 2003 ( Mountains of the Mind ) and has since gone on to become one of the most respected British travel writers alive today . His writings on nature and landscapes deal with man ’ s encounter with his surroundings .
His writings convey an interest to improve the connection between mankind and the natural world , and his ‘ trilogy ’ of books , from his first in 2003 to The Wild Places ( 2007 ) and The Old Ways : A Journey on Foot ( 2012 ), all grapple with this notion , highlighting how people and landscapes are altered through the ever-increasing industrialization of the countryside .
Sara Wheeler
Notable for her travels across both Poles , Wheeler began writing about her adventures to Chile and Euboea , which resulted in Evica : Travels on an Undiscovered Greek Island ( 1992 ) and Chile : Travels in a Thin Country ( 1994 ). The success of these written works enabled her to depart for a seven-month trip to Antarctica , during which time she took influences from writings about the 1912 Terra Nova Expedition .
Although most renowned for her travels in the North and South Poles , she has travelled extensively across Europe , Canada and America and her writings are exquisitely detailed narratives providing facts on history , anthology and geography .
What Is Travelling To Me ?
For me a trip is the time when life doesn ’ t feel real or hits a different way , a soft way , an interesting way . It doesn ’ t hurt , it doesn ’ t bruise but you can still feel it . Maybe it is in the air of the new part of Earth you are visiting , maybe tourists are actually explorers or maybe it ’ s just travelling . France , the USA , the Philippines- just getting to know another culture , other people , a whole different world . Completely unexpected senses , colours , ways of living , eating , dressing , thinking . And just with that , just with a trip , a foreign land becomes familiar , it becomes yours .
Dora Varsou , b1
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