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The twenty intriguing journeys and routes featured in this book range from distances of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and space. Some describe the route that a traveller followed, some are the results of exploration and others were made to show future travellers the way to go, accompanied by useful and sometimes very beautiful maps. Sea charts bring to life the sixteenth-century adventures of Richard Hawkins sailing to South America, the surveys carried out by Captain James Cook and the historic sailing route followed by Naomi James, pioneering solo yachtswoman of the 1970s. An early strip atlas illustrates the road journeys of Daniel Defoe and America’s iconic Route 66 is shown in an incredibly detailed mid-twentieth century map. Also featured are the stories of the Arctic explorations needed to enable a Great Circle route by air over Greenland, the archaeological expeditions of David Hogarth along the Euphrates and Aurel Stein on the Silk Road, pilgrims making their way across Europe, Thomas Cook’s first package tour, the first flight from London to Manchester, and the surveys of the Moon that ultimately facilitated the first landing. These inspirational accounts are drawn from diaries, letters, memoirs and travelogues: all illustrated with fascinating maps.
Debbie Hall is a Senior Library Assistant in the Map Room of the Bodleian Library.
INTRODUCTION 1Mapping a journeyTRAVELLERS’ TALESPILGRIMAGE 14Bernhard von Breydenbach’s journey to Jerusalem, 1482CAPTAIN COOK SETS OUT 23Navigating the Atlantic and the Pacific from the 1750sTHE LONELIEST ROCK IN THE WORLD 34Stranded on Rockall, 1811FAR FLUNG SOCIAL CALLS 40The travels of Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, 1877THE RIVER THAMES IN WRITING 49Three men in a boat, 1889TRAVELS OF A WANDERING SCHOLAR 56Hogarth’s journey through history, 1894FOLLOWING THE SILK ROAD 63Aurel Stein’s travels in Central Asia from the 1900sTAKING FLIGHT 73From London to Manchester, 1910THE RIGHT TO ROAM 81The mass trespass on Kinder Scout, 1932AROUND THE WORLD 92Naomi James’s solo voyage, 1977–78ADVENTURES IN WAYFINDINGADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS 105Richard Hawkins’ journey to South America, 1593ON THE ROAD THROUGH BRITAIN 114Daniel Defoe’s tours in the 1720sSURVEYING INDIA 124James Rennell’s surveys, 1760sACROSS ENGLAND BY WATER 134The Kennet and Avon Canal, 1794THE BEGINNING OF THE RAILWAYS 147The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830FROM LEICESTER TO THE FIRST CATARACT 160Thomas Cook’s Tours, from 1841THE BRITISH ARCTIC AIR ROUTE EXPEDITION 171Surveying Greenland, 1930–31GET YOUR KICKS 180Across America by road, 1946FLY ME TO THE MOON 189Planning for the Moon landings, 1969EPILOGUE 198The water’s journey to CarfaxNOTES 206BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER READING 208PICTURE CREDITS 213INDEX 215
Debbie Hall enticingly demonstrates that the plethora of types of travel undertaken over the centuries is matched only by the variety of maps created to plan, accompany, contextualise, record, celebrate and advertise them.
