Travel Writers in the 18th-19th Century

Thomas Jefferson

Apr 1, 1784

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
Thomas Jefferson Travels: Selected Writings, 1784-1789 — record of Jefferson's travels in France, Holland, Germany and Italy, included in his Complete Works with selected portions in various collections of his writings.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Apr 1, 1796

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) A Short Residence in Sweden (1796)
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)

Rifa'a el-Tahtawi (1801–1873),

Apr 1, 1826

Rifa'a el-Tahtawi (1801–1873), Egyptian traveler to France Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz ("An Imam in Paris: Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831)", 1834)

Hans Christian Andersen

Apr 1, 1835

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) The Improvisatore (1835)

Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

Apr 1, 1839

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)

Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

Apr 1, 1842

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) American Notes (1842)
Pictures from Italy (1844–1845)

Henry James (1843–1916)

Apr 1, 1884

Henry James (1843–1916) A Little Tour in France (1884) English Hours (1905) The American Scene (1907) Italian Hours (1909)

Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945)

Apr 1, 1897

Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945) Letters from Niš Regarding Harems (1897) Letters from Salonica on Young Turk Revolution (1918) Letters from India (1928) Letters from Egypt (1929) The New World, alias: In America for a Year (1934)

Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)

Apr 1, 1902

Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) The Path To Rome (1902) — a ramble by foot from central France to Rome in 1901.

Gordon Sinclair (1900–1984)

Apr 1, 1936

Gordon Sinclair (1900–1984) Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India (1936) — a somewhat curmudgeonly account of 1934 travels in British India by a later famous Canadian journalist and television personality.