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๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ Classic Travel Tales: https://LAMulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: https://lamulnix.substack.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAMulnix
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๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข by Sรฉbastien-Louis-Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine, circa 1826, National Gallery of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช by Seth Eastman, circa 1845, Saint Louis Art Museum, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ by John Frederick Kensett, 1857, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

"Crossing La Goulet" by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1878 With his donkey Modestine, Robert Louis Stevenson hikes in the Cevennes Mountains of south-central France in 1878.

"Hungry for a Horse" by British adventurer Fred Burnaby, 1876

"On the Steamship Victoria" by Nellie Bly, 1889 On her around-the-world race in 1889, Nellie Bly travels aboard the steamer Victoria in the Mediterranean en route to Port Said and the Suez Canal.

๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ by John Frederick Kensett, 1870, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ต by Aelbert Cuyp, early 1640s, National Gallery of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

โ€œMarquesan Feastโ€ by Jack London, 1907 โ€œLong-pig is the Polynesian euphemism for human flesh; and these descendants of man-eaters, a kingโ€™s son at their head, brought in the pigs to table as of old their grandfathers had brought in their slain enemies.โ€

๐˜ˆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ by Alberto Pasini, 1886, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ by Robert Salmon, 1843, National Gallery of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

"Visiting Washington" by Charles Dickens, 1842

On his 12-day walk through the Cevennes mountains of south-central France, with his often-uncooperative donkey Modestine carrying his gear, Robert Louis Stevenson stays at an auberge, a French country inn, in the village of Bouchet St. Nicolas.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ) by Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1862, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

"Punch and Judy" by Mark Twain, 1878-1879

๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต by Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, early 1660s, National Gallery of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต; ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ by Gustave Caillebotte, 1877, Art Institute of Chicago, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข, ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข by Albert Bierstadt, 1868, Smithsonian American Art Museum, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด by Johan Christian Dahl, 1824, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.com More Classic Travel Tales: lamulnix.substack.com

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๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ by Albert Bierstadt, 1863, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain More from The Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #art #painting #bierstadt #rockymountains

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ by Worthington Whittredge, 1860, Smithsonian American Art Museum, public domain More at the Smithsonian American Art Museum: americanart.si.edu/artwork/amph... #art #painting #smithsonian

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ by Albert Bierstadt, 1856, private collection, public domain #art #painting #bierstadt #lakelucerne

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ by Eugรจne Boudin, circa 1872/1876, National Gallery of Art, public domain #art #painting #boudin

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ On her around-the-world adventureโ€”becoming the first to complete what was imagined in Jules Verneโ€™s novel Around the World in 80 Daysโ€”journalist Nellie Bly visits Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ by Eugรจne Boudin, 1883, National Gallery of Art, public domain #art #painting #travel #stories

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช by William Stanley Haseltine, 1871, National Gallery of Art, public domain #bluesky #art #painting

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ช by Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870, Smithsonian American Art Museum, public domain #art #painting #smithsonian #vesuvius

In 1846 Henry David Thoreau made the first of three trips into the Maine wilderness, described in his book The Maine Woods. His first tripโ€™s aim was to climb Ktaadn (today known as Mount Katahdin), Maineโ€™s highest mountain.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ by Constantin Hansen, 1838, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain #bluesky #art #painting #themet

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜น ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ by Seth Eastman, 1848, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, public domain #art #painting #nativeamericans

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต by Albert Bierstadt, circa 1890s, private collection, public domain #bluesky #art #painting

He soliloquised as follows: โ€œThis may suit you, this may, but it donโ€™t suit me. This may be all very well with Down Easters, and men of Boston raising, but it wonโ€™t suit my figure nohow; and no two ways about that; and so I tell you. Now!"

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ by Jean-Lรฉon Gรฉrรดme, 1871, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain #art #painting #travel #themet