Forgotten Travel Journals

We bring the great travel narratives back to life

Historical texts rewritten in contemporary English, complete and illustrated with maps. The world seen by those who discovered it, readable at last today.

31 titles, 9 series, 5 languages

Cover of Account of the Voyage of the Bishop of Berytus by Jacques de Bourges Cover of 80°48N, Eleven Days Trapped in the Ice by Constantine John Phipps Cover of Cook's Last Voyage, Volume V: The Tragedy of Hawaii and the Sandwich Islands by James King

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The world, through its explorers

Each collection covers a geographic and cultural area. The medieval traveler in Persia stands alongside the explorer of New France, the Polynesian navigator, the missionary in the Congo.

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How to buy our books

Paperback

Printed on demand and delivered to your door, worldwide. Secure payment on this site; some titles are also sold on Amazon.

Kindle

Read instantly on any Kindle device or in the app, for titles available on Amazon.

In bookshops

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Who we are

Itinerarium Éditions is an independent publisher. We choose forgotten travel narratives from the public domain and rewrite them in full in contemporary language, keeping their author's voice.

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Erik de Boisgrollier Thierry Ruolz Hélène Garnier Isabelle Perol