7. The Market for Travel Writing
Year: 2020

This chapter provides an overview of the way in which travel writing developed as a mass market at the end of the eighteenth century. In accordance with a host of technological developments, the production of British travel writing grew, assisted by the spread of national influence across the globe. In the process a number of key publishers developed extensive lists in the area of travel writing, not least the firms of John Murray, William Blackwood, and Smith & Elder. Another consequence was th