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comment by cliffelam
cliffelam  ·  4431 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Travel times across the US from 1800 onwards

You should read Montaigne's travel journal from the 1600's - he did a 17 month loop of Europe and wrote about it. It's probably in your library, it has a famous translation by Frame and was a big seller in the 80's.

-XC

PS - If you want an epic journey, hike the App trail.





guybrush  ·  4430 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the suggestion, I will look it up.

b_b  ·  4431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or South. Talk about an epic journey.

thenewgreen  ·  4431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or read The River of Doubt