NG Destinations, Great Journeys of the World (National Geographic Destinations) - Hardcover

Patrick R. Booz; Cynthia Russ Ramsay; Thurston Clarke; Ron Risher; Elisabeth Benson Booz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792229428 ISBN 13: 9780792229421

Publisher: National Geographic Society, 1998

Synopsis

Board a train to exotic Istanbul or snake through the Canadian Rockies. Head into the Yangtze's wild gorges on a riverboat. Take an African safari by Jeep and hot-air balloon, or ride an elephant to an ancient Indian citadel. Great journeys invite great adventures, as travelers from the past have vividly recounted. In Great Journeys of the World join our writers and photographers as they recapture the romance of storied excursions across four continents.
Enthralling stories and more than 200 matchless photographs take you on some of the world's truly great journeys.

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Review:

Stories recounting journeys have been popular since before Homer's Odyssey. Following that tradition of fine travel-inspired storytelling is a collection of five tales from around the world, with "Crossing Europe on the Orient Express," "On Safari in East Africa," "A Royal Train Through Rajasthan," "Cruising up the Mighty Yangtze River," and "Traveling Canada's Transcontinental Railroad." The quality of writing is excellent: descriptive, informed, spare, amusing. But the photography knocks your socks off, takes your breath away, and enacts all the other clichés for greatness. This book presents travel, travel writing, and travel photography at their best.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0792229428
• ISBN 13: 9780792229421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Jane H. Buxton