Travel writing is popularly perceived to be a Western monopoly. National Geographic Travelers’ list of top 80 travel books has just three authors of Asian origin – Amitav Ghosh, Michael Ondaatje and Pico Iyer.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/extras/travellibrary/library12.html
Asked to name legendary travelers of yore – most of us would rattle off names like Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da [...]
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