Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: GREAT JOURNEYS: FROM MARCO POLO TO MARK TWAIN

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Why, how, where, and with what consequence were great journeys undertaken? Seminar explores the global history of long-distance travel and encounter from the 13th to the 19th century. Evolutions in travel literature and cartography considered with the shifting boundaries of the "known" and "civilized" world. Special focus on non-Western perspectives.