The current BBC series "Great British Journeys" features eight
journeys around Britain. The full text by four of the original
writer forms part of the Vision of Britain web site, within the
Travellers' Tales section:
Celia Fiennes
William Cobbett
Gerald of Wales
Daniel Defoe
For more about the series, visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/greatbritishjourneys
However, while that site includes an "interactive map" with just
eight points on it, Vision of Britain provides links to its travel
narratives from 2,641 places, including just about EVERY town in the country:
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers
The best way to find text by travellers about a particular place you
are interested in is usually to search from our main home page, as
our place linkage allows for the sometimes very different spellings
of placenames in historical texts:
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
Humphrey Southall
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Humphrey Southall
Reader in Geography/Director,
Great Britain Historical GIS Project
Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth
Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE
GIS Project Office: (023) 9284 2500
Home office: (020) 8853 0396
Mobile: 0796 808 5454
About Britain: http://www.VisionOfBritain.org.uk
About us: http://www.gbhgis.org
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