A republication of the 1790 text in which the British political thinker presents his arguments against the revolution in France. Includes a selection of pamphlets, speeches, public letters, private correspondence, and essays.
Presents an illustrated translation of thirteenth-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo's account of his travels throughout China, India, Persia, and other places.
Looks at the voyage of Giovanni daVerrazzano focusing on the discovery of New York Harbor, the eastern coast of North America, and the Native Americans who lived in the region.
Presents Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho's epic account of his five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo.
Chronicles Arab explorer Sheikh Ibn Battuta's twenty-five-year pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, describing his travels to the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, including East Africa, Byzantium, Iraq, southern Russia, India, Ceylon, and China.
