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The 10 Greatest Travel-Adventure Books Ever
Traveling is wonderful, but there are some places you simply can’t explore because time has left them behind. Luckily we have writers, adventurers and books. Over the years I’ve read a few. These are my 10 favorites. Each one changed the way I looked at the world. My guess is they’ll change your life too.
If you have a favorite travel book you’d like to add to our Vagabond list of classics, drop us a comment or send us an email and we’ll happily share them!
The Challenges of Circumnavigation
In Lisbon today, there are monuments to Magellan, Prince Henry the Navigator and the others whose voyages of discovery took them to every corner of the globe. In the Philippines, people celebrate a man who resisted colonization just as fiercely. Both cultures consider these men heroes. History and human behavior works this way. Tribalism still abides, whether it’s football games or outright war. We seem to be making progress, but can we find a way to celebrate diversity without demonizing those who are different?