Asia

The large house gecko, called tokek, is regarded as a lucky talisman by the Indonesians. When its ‘Toke’ resounds in the night, they count how many times it calls, both in town and in the country, …

This series, Fifty-three Pairings of the Tokaido Road, Tokaido gojusan tsui, popularly called Pairs Tokaido or 53 Parallels for the Tokaido Road, was published in 1845-1846. It is a unique …

The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo’s travels through Asia between 1271 and …

This book tells the story of my time in the 1990s when I traveled several times from Switzerland via Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan to India and Nepal. It gives insight into the daily life of …

The Travels of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo’s travels through Asia between 1271 and …

This book features a travel account of the scientific expedition led by the French Naval officer and explorer Jean-François de Galaup, count of La Pérouse, written from the perspective of a diplomat …

The Voyages of Marco Polo is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo, describing Polo’s travels through Asia between 1271 and …

This book features a travel account of the scientific expedition led by the French Naval officer and explorer Jean-François de Galaup, count of La Pérouse, written from the perspective of a diplomat …

It is with an open mind and familiar excitement that Carolina moves to the Land of the Rising Sun, where ancestral culture intermingles tightly with high-tech modernism, and social rules are taken to …

* This is the annotated and fully illustrated version including an extensive biography of the author and many drawings showing the stages of the journey. Évariste Régis Huc, or Abbé Huc, …