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These epic travels have led to well-known discoveries and developments in the travel world, from conquering Everest to publishing guidebooks. Many an intrepid voyager has contributed to how we travel today - take a look through our articles to find out more...

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An Everest Anniversary - Searching for Ghosts
- Author: Alex Stewart
Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were about to achieve what no other man had yet achieved: reach the summit of the highest mountain on earth. Before this, many tried with no luck.
Bradt travel guides and how they began
- Author: Hilary Bradt
We have all come to know Bradt Guides as a publisher of guides to exotic and out-of-the-way destinations. But being exotic isn't Bradt Guides' criterium in choosing their new titles. Nor is their aim to...
The Ramblers' Association
Leisure walking goes back a long time in Britain and the Ramblers' Association, founded in 1935 but with roots in the 19th century, has played a fundamental part in the fight for the freedom to roam...
Marco Polo: Journey to China
- Author: Peter Whitfield
Here, in a fascinating excerpt from his latest book - A Universe of Books - Peter Whitfield looks at Marco Polo’s intrepid travels that introduced the Western world to the delights of the East...
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society, the world's largest non-profit scientific and educational organisation, was founded in 1888 'for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge'. Since then...
A Passage to India - E M Forster
- Author: Peter Whitfield
Here, in an excerpt from his A Universe of Books, Dr Peter Whitfield provides an intriguing insight as to why A Passage to India was to be the last novel written by the tormented British author, E M Forster…
Stephen Fry in America - the introduction
- Author: Stephen Fry
Here, Stephen Fry gives us an entertaining introduction to the motives behind his exploration of America for his latest TV series and book - Stephen Fry in America: "I was so nearly an American. It was that close..."
What Stephen Fry did and saw in America
- Author: Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry, the much-loved comedian, actor and writer, embarked on an epic journey across the USA for his TV series and book - Stephen Fry in America.
Ten Years of Wanderlust
- Author: Lyn Hughes
Ten years ago a new travel magazine called Wanderlust was born, written specifically for people who were passionate about travel. Now, sixty editions later, Lyn Hughes, the magazine's editor tells us how it all began.
Principles of Geology - Charles Lyell
- Author: Peter Whitfield
In 1650 and 1654 the great biblical scholar James Ussher published two Latin treatises on the chronology of the Old and New Testaments. By analysing and linking the various genealogies recorded in the Bible, Ussher arrived back with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden...