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O książce The Grand Tour. The Golden Age of Travel wer. angielska
Global travel can be a wearying business: mass tourism, overcrowded planes, chaotic airports, heightened security, cookie-cutter hotel chains, well-worn tourist trails. Finding even a sliver of adventure can sometimes feel impossible. But take heart: for all of us with an unfulfilled spirit of wanderlust, The Golden Age of Travel evokes an era when traveling the world was a thrilling new possibility for those with the resources, time, imagination, and daring.
This richly illustrated volume charts the travel heyday of 1869 to 1939. Bedecked with ephemera and precious turn-of-the-century photochroms, it follows six classic tours favored by Western adventurers in the prewar era, including such famous traveler-writers as Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, and Goethe. From the Grand Tour of Europe, a traditional rite of passage for young English aristocrats, to the Far E
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| Wydawnictwo: | Taschen |
| EAN: | 9783836585071 |
| Autor: | Sabine Arqué |
| Rodzaj oprawy: | Okładka twarda |
| Wydanie: | 1 |
| Liczba stron: | 560 |
| Format: | 262×348 |
| Rok wydania: | 2021 |
| Data premiery: | 2025-12-10 |
| Podmiot odpowiedzialny: | TASCHEN GmbH ul. Hohenzollernring 53 D-50672 Cologne DE e-mail: [email protected] |
