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Travel in the Ancient World Paperback / softback - 1994
by Lionel Casson
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- Title Travel in the Ancient World
- Author Lionel Casson
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition n Third edition
- Condition New
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780801848087
- ISBN 9780801848087 / 0801848083
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.51 x 5.56 x 1.25 in (21.62 x 14.12 x 3.18 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects Travel, Ancient
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93030502
- Dewey Decimal Code 913.04
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From the rear cover
The only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a comprehensive review of ancient travel, from the first recorded voyages to Old Kingdom Egypt through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth century and later. Lionel Casson tells who traveled and why (government business, trade, health, vacationing, tourism). He describes the ships, carts, carriages, and other means of conveyance; roads and waterways; bars and their drinks, restaurants and their food, inns and their accommodations. He devotes particular attention to tourism: the standard itineraries, the favored sights, museums, guides, guidebooks, and standards of tourist behavior. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, Travel in the Ancient World now returns to print in paperback with a new preface and a supplement that brings the documentation up to date.