At work we’re in research mode, preparing for our new exhibition about travel in the 19th century. Based on my interests and previous research avenues I got handed the Grand Tour and a piece of the cruise industry as my responsibilities. For the past few weeks, I’ve been scouring all my usual resource repositories, googling some very interesting UK museum websites, and our curator made sure I had some books to work my way through. They’ve been… a mixed bag. The Seafarers: The Atlantic Crossing by […]
Travel Research Books
The Seafarers: The Atlantic Crossing by Melvin Maddocks, editor
The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century by Jeremy Black
Traveling Beyond Her Sphere: American Women on the Grand Tour 1814-1914 by Bess Beatty