By Diane Fortenberry
Souvenirs and New principles explores the human wish to hold the reminiscence of a international trip, in a chain of essays that research the collections of numerous travelers, from intrepid girl solo voyagers to eu royalty. Their acquisitions integrated souvenirs starting from Egyptian mummies and old artefacts, to work and sketches of locations visited, to the uncooked fabric for books written at relaxation, either scholarly and renowned. of their wish to percentage with these at domestic a few of what they'd noticeable, those voyagers contributed to an knowing of societies little recognized on the time, and the tales in their travels proceed to entrance.
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