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Four Corners is Kira Salak's riveting account of her epic, solo jungle trek across the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, she became the first woman to traverse this remote country and write about it. A must-read for world travelers and adventurous spirits.

Travelers' writings. --- Papua New Guinea --- Description and travel. --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature

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Travelers' writings, Italian --- Travelers' writings --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature --- Italian travelers' writings --- Italian literature --- History and criticism --- Thematology --- Comparative literature

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Bayle, Pierre --- Travelers' writings --- Ecrits de voyageurs --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Bayle, Pierre, --- Books and reading. --- 1 BAYLE, PIERRE --- -Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature --- Filosofie. Psychologie--BAYLE, PIERRE --- -Books and reading --- -Filosofie. Psychologie--BAYLE, PIERRE --- 1 BAYLE, PIERRE Filosofie. Psychologie--BAYLE, PIERRE --- -1 BAYLE, PIERRE Filosofie. Psychologie--BAYLE, PIERRE --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Bayle, Peter, --- Beĭlʹ, Pʹer, --- Bayle, --- C. L. A. A. P. D. P., --- Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706) --- Critique et interprétation

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The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoples. Aided by the invention of the printing press in Europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever before. In Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery, historian Peter C. Mancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era. Written by authors from Spain, France, Italy, England, China, and North Africa describing locations that range from Brazil to Canada, China to Virginia, and Angola to Vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway lands. From Christopher Columbus to lesser-known figures such as the Huguenot missionary Jean de Lery, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Unlike other collections, Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-European authors, including two new translations. Included here are the Mughal Emperor Babur's first thoughts of India upon establishing his empire there, the Chinese chronicler Ma Huan's report detailing Chinese travel to the Middle East during the fifteenth century, and an account of Africa written by the man known as Leo Africanus. In addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, includingimages of Brazil, Roanoke, Guiana, and India, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds. - Publisher.

Discoveries in geography --- Travel [Medieval ] --- Travelers' writings [Brazilian ] --- Travel, Medieval --- Travelers' writings --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature --- Civilization, Medieval --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Voyages and travels --- Explorers --- Geographical discoveries in literature

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Dieser Band bietet mit Stephan von Gumpenberg Ansichten des Heiligen Landes um 1417/18, gewährt mit Roland von Waldenburg Einblicke in das Italien des 16. Jahrhunderts, läßt das Japan des 17. Jahrhunderts mit den Augen Engelbert Kaempfers sehen und das Ägypten des Jahres 1994 mit denen Salzburger Studierender. Der Leser durchleidet die Qualen eines polnischen Landadligen auf der Meerfahrt von Danzig nach Lübeck und die Schiffbrüche des Alvar Núñez als Bericht über eine gescheiterte Expedition nach Florida. Er besucht mit Sigmund von Herberstein das Moskowitische Rußland im 16. Jahrhundert und erfährt im Gegenzug allerlei Unterhaltsames über Europa aus der Sicht der russischen Reisenden Nikolaj Karamzin und Fedor M. Dostojevskij. Und das sind nur einige Themen dieses faszinierenden Gießener Symposionsbandes, der nach Untersuchungen mythischer Strukturen im Reisebericht und zur Konstruktion von Weiblichkeit in mittelalterlichen Weltkarten eine Reise durch Länder, Zeiten und Kulturen beginnt: er macht den Leser mit byzantinischen, hebräischen sowie arabischen Reisenden des 11./12. und 17. Jahrhunderts und ihren Berichten vertraut, zeigt die Sicht europäischer Adliger des Spätmittelalters auf die Fremde und “besingt” die Reiselieder Oswalds von Wolkenstein. Der Band endet mit einem Blick auf den Traum von der Insel des Glücks. Dazwischen spannt sich der Bogen der Untersuchungen von Nahreisen in die Landschaften Koreas im vormodernen koreanischen Reisebericht, in die Bergwelt Chinas in den chinesischen Bergmonographien oder in die Mark Brandenburg Fontanes über die Reisen des Fürsten von Pückler-Muskau in Franken, Europa und Nordafrika bis hin zu den großen Fernreisen eines Amerigo Vespucci in die Neue Welt und des Odorico da Pordenone nach Asien (mit einer Edition der Aufzeichnungen nach dem mündlichen Bericht des Reisenden ). Asien ist auch das Thema der Autorin Sir Galahad und der Filmemacherin Ulrike Ottinger, denen ein weiterer Beitrag gewidmet ist. Den Band beschließt ein umfangreiches Namen- und Werktitelregister, das die Fülle der gebotenen Informationen aufschlüsselt.

Comparative literature --- 82-992 --- 094:910.4 --- Reisbeschrijvingen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Ontdekkingsreizen. Reizen. Expedities. Reisverhalen --- Conferences - Meetings --- 094:910.4 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Ontdekkingsreizen. Reizen. Expedities. Reisverhalen --- 82-992 Reisbeschrijvingen --- Travel in literature --- Congresses --- Voyages and travels --- Travelers' writings --- Journeys --- Travel books --- Travels --- Trips --- Geography --- Adventure and adventurers --- Travel --- Travelers --- Travelogues (Travelers' writings) --- Writings of travelers --- Literature