Travel Legend and Lore: An Encyclopedia

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People have been attracted to the lure of distant, exotic places throughout the ages, and over the centuries a vast store of legends and lore relating to travel have grown up. This encyclopedia represents a complilation of travel legends and lore of civilizations throughout the world. Approximately 200 A-Z entries survey the persons, animals, events, places, and institutions relating to travel legends from antiquity to 1900. The text focuses on journeys for the puposes of trade, diplomacy, religion, or pleasure, rather than exploration and discovery. Some of the places, people and animals may have been mythological, but travellers at the time believed they truly existed. The entries include: Atlantis; Caravans; Elysian Fields; Gerald of Wales; Isle of Women; Llama; Norse Voyages; Sea Monsters; Unicorns; and Zonal Theory of Climate.

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"Using travel as a metaphor for discovery, wonder, and delight, this elegant and splendidly written publication is an appreciation of the legends and mythology associated with geographic locations and events. The research is objectively presented and thoroughly documented, and an impressive bibliography rounds out the text. Fritze...has created a readable and reliable collection on topics that heretofore have been overlooked. Highly recommended for academic and general readers." - Library Journal "Amusing and informative, this book is recommended for public, school, and small academic libraries." - Choice

Author Bio

Ronald Fr'tze Ronald H. Fr'tze 's cha'rperson of the Department of H'story at the Un'vers'ty of Central Arkansas.