Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes (Paperback)

This anthology collects travellers’ accounts of 38 cities, spanning six continents and from ancient times to today. It invites readers to see iconic places like Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Chicago, Lhasa, London, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Rio and Rome through the eyes of those who visited them. The volume brings together voices from antiquity to modern times, including well-known explorers, writers, merchants, diplomats, pilgrims and tourists, offering a rich tapestry of impressions and interpretations.

Introduced and contextualized by best-selling historian Peter Furtado, each account provides a vivid portrait of a distant place and time, alongside insight into the people who journeyed there. Some writers aim for straightforward description, while others emphasize subjective experience and encounters with locals. The collection goes beyond standard guidebooks to illuminate the splendours and stories that lie beyond conventional sources.

Deze uitgave telt 368 pagina’s en verschijnt in paperback. Het boek bevat bijdragen van reizigers uit verschillende tijden en achtergronden, en bespreekt hoe steden door meerdere ogen worden gezien. Uitgegeven op 30 juli 2020 door Thames & Hudson.

Kenmerken

• 38 steden verspreid over zes continenten
• reizen van antieke tot moderne tijden
• vele beroemde en minder bekende reizigers
• diverse perspectieven: handelaren, ontdekkingsreizigers, kunstenaars
• monografieën van keizers en regisseurs
• geïnterpreteerd door Peter Furtado