A condensed history of travel and tourism
The history of travel
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The first travellers
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Alexander the Great
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Roman roads
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Early religious pilgrimages
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Hypatia of Alexandria & the astrolabe
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Travel & war: the Vikings
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The Crusades
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The Silk Road
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Western travels to Asia, Africa & the Americas
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Consequences of conquest: trade & slavery
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Transport powered by hot air & steam
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Charles Darwin
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Thomas Cook & the beginning of mass tourism
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Around the world in 72 days
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The first flights
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Reaching the North & South poles
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Holidays to the Med
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The advent of commercial air travel
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Concorde: travelling at twice the speed of sound
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First man on the moon
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The future of travel
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