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Major Works: Historical Geography

You are currently browsing 1–10 of 11 new and published major works in the subject of Historical Geography — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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New and Published Books

  1. Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

    Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution brings together as one set, or individual volumes, groundbreaking retail studies from the field of human geography. Encompassing town and retail planning, marketing geography, the development of shopping centres and the rise of consumerism...

    Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Travels and Adventures

    1435-1439

    By Pero Tafur

    Edited by Malcolm Letts

    'A document of unique interest it is a picture of Europe at a most critical moment of its history, when the Continent was overwhelmed by misery, disease and unrest. A cool observer, without prejudice or excitement Tafur noted the symptoms of decay.' Sunday Times.This edition, translated and edited...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  3. Travels in Persia

    1627-1629

    By Thomas Herbert

    Edited by William Foster

    This book presents a classic text with new clarity and vigour. It gives the only detailed account of the first English embassy to Persia and paints a vivid picture of Persia and the Persians in the early part of the seventeenth century....

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  4. Travels into Spain

    By Madame D'Aulnoy

    Edited by R. Foulché-Delbosc

    'Of all literary fakes this is surely the most impudent, ingenious, and successful. The Comtesse D'Aulnoy was never in Spain (but) she was a born traveller. Not without reason have the editors of The Broadway Travellers included her fiction in their library of fact. For, despite its falseness, it...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  5. Travels in Asia and Africa

    1325-1354

    By Ibn Battuta

    'One of the most fascinating travel books of all time' Times Literary Supplement 'He could not have been more 'modern' if he had been born in the twentieth century' Evening Standard Ibn Battuta was the only medieval traveller who is known to have visited the lands of every Muhammadan ruler of his...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  6. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, Volume One

    1844-1846

    By Gabet, Huc

    Edited by Paul Pelliot

    First published in 1928.'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening Standard'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains a classic worthy of reproduction' The TimesPublished to critical acclaim and well known for many years afterwards this account of the journey...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  7. Travels in Tartary Thibet and China, Volume Two

    1844-1846

    By Gabet, Huc

    Edited by Paul Pelliot

    'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening Standard'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains a classic worthy of reproduction' The Times Published to critical acclaim and well known for many years afterwards this account of the journey across Mongolia to Lhasa...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  8. Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo

    By Captain Basil Hall

    Edited by H. G. Rawlinson

    First published in 1931.'Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him.' Times Literary SupplementBasil Hall's Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. Miscellaneous in their topics, and arranged without any order the volumes...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  9. The Travels of Marco Polo

    By L. F. Benedetto

    First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represent the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

  10. The Travels of an Alchemist

    The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-Ch'un from China to the Hundukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan

    By Li Chih-Ch'ang

    First published in 1931. Mainly focussing on cultural and geographical aspects, Travels of an Alchemist are unique in their importance as a source for early Mongol history, enabling us as they do to fix with certainty the otherwise obscure and much disputed dates of Chingiz Khan's movements during...

    Published October 20th 2004 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. A Geographical Introduction to History
    By L. Febvre
    To Be Published September 29th 2013

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