{"id":12818,"date":"2019-10-18T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.brandingbay.com\/ARL\/?page_id=12818"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T11:31:52","slug":"travel-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/demo.brandingbay.com\/ARL\/collections\/past-exhibitions-and-displays\/travel-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Literature : Of All the Pleasures in the World, Travell is […] the Sweetest and Most Delightfull"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This book exhibition shows different examples of travel literature from the Library collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this day and age it is easy to hop on a plane to travel almost anywhere in the world. It is hard to imagine that there was a time when the only place most people visited was the next town!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past travel was very much an activity for the rich. Anyone who lacked the money could be an armchair traveller. They could read a travel book and be transported to distant lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition takes you on a journey past adventurous travel books, practical guidebooks and reflections on cultures and peoples. It highlights books showing places, cultures and countries. Wonderful novels find their place where the main characters travel to exotic and fanciful countries. The books on display catered for both the wealthy traveller and those who had to stay at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nTITLE<\/strong>\nSarmataie Europeae Descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Massoviam,\nPrussiam, Pomeranium, Livoniam, et Moschoviae Tartariaeque partem complectuir. [...]\nAUTHOR<\/strong>\nAlessandro Guagnini\nPLACE OF PUBLICATION<\/strong>\nSpeyer\nPUBLISHER<\/strong>\nBernardus Albinus\nYEAR OF PUBLICATION<\/strong>\n1581\nOBJECT ID<\/strong>\nP001356859<\/p><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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This Latin travel memoir of Eastern European countries was the first to show portraits of Lithuanian dukes. Although the portraits were fictional, many future images of the dukes were based on these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author, Alessandro Guagnini, was accused of stealing the manuscript from his subordinate Maciej Strykowski. Even though the Polish King agreed with this claim in 1580, the book was still printed under Guagnini\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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TITLE<\/strong>\nThe Discovery of the Large, Rich and Beautiful Empire of Guiana\nAUTHOR<\/strong>\nWalter Raleigh\nPLACE OF PUBLICATION<\/strong>\nLondon\nPUBLISHER<\/strong>\nRobert Robinson\nYEAR OF PUBLICATION<\/strong>\n1596\nOBJECT ID<\/strong>\nP001444391<\/p><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Sir Walter Raleigh<\/a> travelled to South America in 1594 in the hope of finding the City of Gold or El Dorado. He also wanted to try to re-establish the power of the English in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The expedition was not as successful as Raleigh had hoped. Hardly any gold was found, but that did not stop him from writing this enthusiastic account of his journey. It is thought though to have been highly exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book contributed to the legend of El Dorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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