FRS 143: Thoreau Seminar in Environmental Studies • Fall 2009

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Human Migratory Routes since 100,000 BP

William Howarth

The Literature of Place and Travel

Definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary

The Sense of Place

0950 open space in a city
1325 position or standing in a social scale
1640 residence or dwelling
1750 point or passage in a book or manuscript
1836 position among competitors, as in a race

The Meaning of Travel
1375 labor, toil; suffering, trouble (travail)
1400 action of making a journey or voyage
1591 account of a journey into foreign parts
1816 capacity or force of movement
Resources

Research Sites: Wikipedia, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Images
Research Links: Place or Travel
Map Your Visited Countries & States


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