Laurence Bergreen’s Five Best Books on Exploration
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 12.04.07 | 7:27 AM ET
The author of the new and well-received book Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu offered his five best books on exploration for the Wall Street Journal. His picks, in order: Henry M. Stanley’s “Through the Dark Continent,” William Dalrymple’s “In Xanadu,” Ryszard Kapuscinski’s “Travels With Herodotus,” Giles Milton’s “White Gold” and Ross E. Dunn’s retelling of “The Adventures of Ibn Battuta.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Eva Holland 12.05.07 | 7:18 PM ET
Nice to see Stanley getting a shout-out. Whatever you might think of the guy, he never fails to entertain.
ewa 08.04.08 | 6:39 PM ET
I’m seeking Kapuscinski’s books in English, especialy ‘Another Day of Life’, ‘The Best of Granta Travel; Abridged by Bruce Chatwin, Martha Gellhorn, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Ryszard Kapuscinski’ and ‘Travels with Herodotus’. I’m from Poland and cannot simply order them on Amazon. Could Somebody help me( maybe e-books?). please,
Ewa writing diploma work on Kapuscinski