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5 Travel Books That I’ve Loved

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Decided to make a short list of travel books that I’ve enjoyed; a personal travel canon, to share with my friends.

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    The Travels of Marco Polo
    by Marco Polo

  • 2

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    Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese (New York Review Books Classics) [Paperback]
    by Patrick Leigh Fermor

  • 3

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    The Royal Road to Romance
    by Richard Halliburton

  • 4

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    The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)
    by Peter Matthiessen

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    Travels (Vintage Departures)
    by Michael Crichton

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