Between Technological Innovation and Pagan Tradition: The Representation of Lithuania in Contemporary German Travel Literature by Aleksej Burov, Tomas Vytautas Kotovičius

“… This article explores Lithuania’s hetero-image as it is created in contemporary German travel literature. The scope of the research primarily covers three German travelogues which detail the authors’ experience during their travels in Lithuania: Drei Baltische Wege (Lucius von, 2011), Wo die Ostsee Westsee heißt (Bünz, 2018) and Gebrauchsanweisung für das Baltikum (Herre, 2014). …”
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La duquesa de Abrantes, una francesa entre España y Portugal by Francisco Lafarga

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Friendship: Indigenous Hosts & German Travelers by Renae Watchman

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Que dire de la montagne ? Arthur Young dans les Pyrénées (1787) by Jacques Raynaud

“…At the end of the XVIIIth century, travel literature was supposed to provide information about the places visited by the author/narrator. …”
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Voyager par l’image : la topographie dans la collection de Jehannin de Chamblanc (1722-1797) by Johanna Daniel

“…In the eighteenth century, engraved topographical views were particularly successful: by providing images of urban areas, they served as a medium for geographical knowledge in the same way as travel literature and cartography. In the second half of the century, the Dijon-born Jehannin de Chamblanc (1722–1797) put together a collection of almost 1,400 city views to form a visual inventory of contemporary urban Europe. …”
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L’imagerie touarègue entre littérature savante et littérature populaire by Paul Pandolfi

“…With different degrees and some adjustments, such clichés usually emerge in travel literature, media, movies, advertising, and sometimes in academic publications. …”
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Старините в прохода Траянови врата в пътеписите от XVI–XIX век by Ivan Valchev

“… The present article offers an analysis of the information presented in travel literature from the period between the 16th and 19th c., with a particular focus on the ruins located around Trajan’s Gate Pass. …”
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