Travel literature
Travel literature is a broad and popular genre of writing covering adventure and exploration, travel writing collections, travel-related memoirs, and travel-centric fiction. Travel writing often blends with essay writing, coming in the form of travel writing collections or as features in magazines. Styles range from journalistic, to the introspective, to funny, and to serious. Early examples appear in medieval China, ancient Greece, and in early Arabic literature.
UnderstandHe alone is aware who has wandered wide,And far abroad has fared,How great a mind is guided by himThat wealth of wisdom has.
Historical
19th century and laterLong distance travel became more accessible to people with the advent of rail, ocean-going steamships and later the automobile and aeroplanes.
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