Meaning & use

Travelogues

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Films, books, or talks that describe someone's travels and the places they visited.

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He grew up watching his grandfather's old travelogues of Africa.

The magazine publishes travelogues from writers exploring remote islands.

A note on using this word

Popular from the early 20th century onward as a genre of illustrated lectures and films before television made armchair travel commonplace.

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