6.5 China Richard Halliburton Does it make sense to refer to this author as the godfather of travel writing?
4 Australia Fabian Sixtus Körner Do nice photos, a lot of visited countries, and slick design make for a good travel book?
4.8 Argentinia Serge Roetheli How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?
5.3 Afghanistan Jean de Mandeville Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
5.3 Afghanistan Ibn Battuta Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
6.3 Cambodia Fernão Mendes Pinto If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?