TY - GEN AU - Speake,Jennifer TI - Literature of travel and exploration: an encyclopedia SN - 157958425X (Volume 1) U1 - 910.403 22 PY - 2003///] CY - New York, London PB - Fitzroy Dearborn KW - Travel writing KW - Encyclopedias KW - BUEsh KW - Voyages and travels KW - HHUUEENN KW - January2020 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Volume 1. A-F -- Volume 2. G-P -- Volume 3. R-Z N2 - "Connoisseurs of travel writing and those planning a trip will delight in this new encyclopedia. Entries describe journeys, voyages, and routes; world travelers and their writings in diaries, letters, logbooks, and postcards; remarkable destinations; geographers and cartographers; and contemporary travel writers and their works. Author entries include biographical profiles. Each entry is complete with a list of references and further readings. Volume one contains two listings that are useful for browsing the three-volume set -- an alphabetical listing of entries and a thematic list of entries. Volume three has a bibliography of all works and articles referenced in the entries as well as a general index."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004 ER -