Travel Writing
Visit the follow site and look at the Table of Contents bar to the left of the page:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/unpacking/travelmain.html
Under the “Getting Started” Title,
* Click on the Travel & Travel Accounts in World History
* Read the information and answer the following questions:
1. What are some reasons that motivated travelers to write their accounts into a narrative?
2. List four examples of travel writing in history.
3. What were some of the major changes that took place in travel writing during the twentieth
century? Then identify the most important change and explain your reasoning.
Under the “Questions to Ask” Title,
* Click on number 1. Who is the author of the travel account?
* Read the information and answer the following questions:
4. What is a ghost writer? How is this person related to the writings of travel authors?
5. To what extent do the author’s religious or cultural commitments shape the travel account?
6. What is the relationship between the author and the land(s) described in the travel
account?
Under the “Teaching Sources” Title at the top of the page,
* Click on number Women Travel Writers
* Read the information and answer the following questions:
7. What is the difference between the other and the gaze?
8. What were some stereotypes regarding female travel writing?
9. What impact did Imperialism have upon women’s travel writing?