Early Modern Travel Books (1500-1700 ( A Pragmaphilological Approach.

Abstract

In this article, Borm surveys the differences between the terms 'travel book', 'travel narrative', journey work', 'travel memoir', 'travel story', 'travelogue', 'metatravelogue', 'travellers' tales', 'travel journal', or simply 'travels', 'travel writing' and 'travel literature', 'the literature of travel', and 'the travel genre' (p. 13).