Forgotten Travel Journals

Itinerarium Éditions

We bring great travel narratives from the past back to life.
Historical texts rewritten in contemporary language,
for today's reader.
Our mission
Making forgotten narratives accessible
Thousands of extraordinary travel narratives lie dormant in the public domain, trapped in prose that has become unreadable. Archaic languages, obsolete turns of phrase, lost references: these texts no longer find their readers.
Itinerarium Éditions identifies the most remarkable of these narratives and rewrites them entirely in contemporary language, while respecting the original author's voice. The result: faithful, fluid texts, ready for ebook, paperback and audiobook.

Faithful to the original text

Each modernized edition is built on a careful reading of the source text. We do not summarize, we do not fictionalize: we translate from one era to another, preserving the narrative structure and the explorer's perspective.

Voices from around the world

Our catalogue draws from European, Persian, Arabic and Asian traditions. Great travelers were not all Western, and French, English and Spanish-speaking readers deserve access to these texts.

Multi-format, multi-platform

Every title is published as an ebook, paperback and audiobook, available on all major platforms: Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, Audible, and in bookstores via IngramSpark.

Illustrated editions

When the narrative calls for it, our editions include itinerary maps, period illustrations and discreet contextual notes that illuminate the text without weighing it down.

Eight collections
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.

From the virgin forests of Amazonia to the frozen steppes of Patagonia, accounts of those who traversed a continent where every step revealed an unknown world.

Caravans, bazaars, and ancient cities. Chronicles of travelers who crossed the deserts of Arabia and the valleys of Persia, in an era when the East still held all its mysteries.

From the temples of Angkor to the peaks of the Himalayas, testimonies of those who ventured into the heart of a fascinating and impenetrable continent.

Immense rivers, dense forests, and endless deserts. Tales of explorers who dared to venture where maps remained blank.

Eternal ice, northern lights, and peoples of the cold. Testimonies of those who braved the Arctic edges of the world.

Distant islands, coral reefs, and ancient cultures. Chronicles of navigators who crisscrossed the vastest ocean on Earth.

Europe before modern borders. Accounts of the wild Balkans, the mystical Caucasus, and empires in the throes of transformation.

The last virgin land. Journals of those who faced the most hostile continent on Earth, caught between blizzards and absolute solitude.

From the temples of Angkor to the peaks of the Himalayas, testimonies of those who ventured into the heart of a fascinating and impenetrable continent.

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Immense rivers, dense forests, and endless deserts. Tales of explorers who dared to venture where maps remained blank.

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Eternal ice, northern lights, and peoples of the cold. Testimonies of those who braved the Arctic edges of the world.

Discover

Distant islands, coral reefs, and ancient cultures. Chronicles of navigators who crisscrossed the vastest ocean on Earth.

Discover

Europe before modern borders. Accounts of the wild Balkans, the mystical Caucasus, and empires in the throes of transformation.

Discover

The last virgin land. Journals of those who faced the most hostile continent on Earth, caught between blizzards and absolute solitude.

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Available editions
Historical travel narratives from the public domain, modernized and illustrated for today's reader.
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Editorial team
Our authors
Four authors, four sensibilities, one shared project: restoring forgotten travel narratives to their rightful place in contemporary literature.
Erik de Boisgrollier

Erik de Boisgrollier

Editorial Director
Passionate about history and geography for as long as he can remember, Erik de Boisgrollier grew up and lived in France, Spain and Australia. An avid traveler, he has explored Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and South America. It was while discovering the narratives of Jacques Cartier and Nasir Khusraw that he had the idea of giving these forgotten texts a second life. He leads the editorial direction of Itinerarium and works primarily on the Wild Americas and Orient & Levant collections.
Thierry Ruolz

Thierry Ruolz

Author
An insatiable reader and polyglot by curiosity, Thierry Ruolz developed a passion for Eastern literatures after an extended stay in Turkey and Iran in his twenties. A self-taught Arabist, he learned Persian on the ground, through travels that took him from Damascus to Samarkand. He brings to the project an intimate knowledge of Levantine and Asian cultures. He works on the Deep Asia and Orient & Levant collections.
Hélène Garnier

Hélène Garnier

Author
Fascinated by maps since childhood, Hélène Garnier spent much of her life traveling through sub-Saharan Africa and the polar regions. A long-distance hiker and amateur sailor, she approaches travel narratives through geography: the terrain, the climate, the landscapes. For her, rewriting an explorer's text means first understanding the physical world they crossed. She is responsible for the Unexplored Africa and South Pole collections.
Isabelle Perol

Isabelle Perol

Author
A sailor at heart and a devoted student of ancient civilizations, Isabelle Perol has sailed the coasts of South America, West Africa and the South Pacific. Trained in maritime anthropology, she is drawn to narratives where the sea is not merely a backdrop but a character in its own right. She brings to the project a sensitivity for oceanic cultures and forgotten voyages. She works on the Wild Americas, Oceania & Pacific, and Unexplored Africa collections.
Availability
Where to find our books
All our titles are published as ebooks, paperbacks and audiobooks, available on all major platforms worldwide.
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