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Current display: early travel books
Guildhall Library holds a fascinating collection of travel books
which are part of the Gresham College Library Collection. These
travel books primarily date from the first half of the nineteenth
century and contain fascinating first-hand accounts of expeditions
both overland and by sea. Some ambitious works covered the world,
but most concentrated on a specific country or region and were
often written as a diary, journal, reports or letters.
Considering the dangers and difficulties of charting what was
often unknown territory these works represent amazing feats of
courage, determination, skill and survival. This small display of
books includes examples of some of the engravings and beautiful
coloured prints, along with extracts from a number of the
volumes.