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John Lawson Stoddard (April 24, 1850 – June 5, 1931) was an American lecturer, author and photographer. [1] [2] He was a pioneer in the use of the stereopticon or magic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world. [2]
Paul Edward Theroux (/ θ ə ˈ r uː /; [2] born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films.
Paul Theroux (born 1941) – prolific travel writer; author of nearly two dozen books of travel writing. The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) – Theroux's most popular travel work. The Old Patagonian Express (1979) Travelling The World - The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux (1990) The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992) The Pillars of Hercules (1995)
Early examples of travel literature include the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (generally considered a 1st century CE work; authorship is debated), Pausanias' Description of Greece in the 2nd century CE, Safarnama (Book of Travels) by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077), the Journey Through Wales (1191) and Description of Wales (1194) by Gerald of Wales ...
Susan Hale – an American author, traveler and artist; Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay – a British journalist who was the first woman to travel around the world by air, in a Zeppelin. Margaretha Heijkenskjöld – a Swedish traveler and a dress reformer. She attracted a lot of attention from her contemporaries by her journeys.
Cassandra De Pecol (born June 23, 1989 [citation needed]) is an American author, traveler, activist, and speaker. [1] [2] In 2017, she set Guinness World Records in two categories: "Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries" and "Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries—Female". [3] Both records were broken in 2019. [4]
Hopkins was born in Orange, New Jersey.. Hopkins lived in Tangier, Morocco from 1962 to 1979 where he was a member of the Anglo/American literary crowd of the 1960s and 1970s, becoming friends with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles.