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More
than 200 quotations taken from novels,
poems, essays, articles, travel journals, accompanied by hundreds
of images (maps, period reproductions,
pictures).
6 sections dedicated to great travellers
from different ages and cultural backgrounds: Ulysses, with an interview
to the scholar Piero Boitani; Ibn Battuta, with an interview to
the Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun; James Cook, with an interview
to Samson Cook, his last descendant in Tonga; Paul Gauguin, with
an interview to Gilles Artur, founder of the Gauguin Museum in Tahiti;
Sandokan, a fictitious character by Emilio Salgari, with an interview
to the scholar Ernesto Ferrero; Ernest Hemingway, with an interview
to Gregorio Fuentes, the Cuban “old man” of his famous novel.
An Utility Appendix with essential
updated news on different issues: ranging from Time Zones to associations
engaged in the world in assistance and solidarity activities; from
health to some exercises to do travelling; from useful addresses
to events in the world; from conversion of measures to things to
bring; from exchange rates to international phone codes.
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