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Unconventional Adventures


Unconventional Adventures  Ernest Shackleton was born tragically late. By his birthday in 1874, the age of exploration had well and truly entered its...

Before anything resembling modern transport existed, the default for anyone who wanted to go any great distance was to gear up for a complex, unpredictable, and possibly wonderful journey.When disgruntled husband Martin Guerre abandoned his wife in 1548 and traveled to become a soldier in Spain, he probably did large stretches of his trip—like crossing the Pyrenees mountains—on foot. Arthur Frommer’s Europe on 5 Dollars a Day in 1958 was the first multi-million tourist guidebook bestseller in the United States, but many followed: the Let’s Go travel books from Harvard, Lonely Planet guides, Rick Steves books—perhaps you’ve seen some of these. The popularity of this writing snowballed down into travel magazines, first print and then digital, and finally into content on the platforms most people under 30 use to plan their trips: like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

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