{"product_id":"travelogues","title":"Burton Holmes. Travelogues. The Greatest Traveler of His Time 1892-1952","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eWanderlust\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eBurton Holmes, the man who brought the world home\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eIt was the Belle Époque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurton Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1870–1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the grand boulevards of Paris to China’s Great Wall, from the construction of the Panama Canal to the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Holmes delighted in finding “the beautiful way around the world” and made a career of sharing his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estories, colorful photographs, and films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith audiences across America. He coined the term “travelogue” in 1904 to advertise his unique performance and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethrilled audiences with two-hour sets of stories timed to projections of multihued, hand-painted glass-lantern slides and some of the first “moving pictures.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis, Beijing, Delhi, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Manila, Jakarta, Jerusalem: Burton Holmes was there. He visited every continent and nearly every country on the planet, shooting over 30,000 photographs and nearly 500,000 feet of film.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis book represents the best of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant color photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. A rare window onto the world of 100 years ago, it is also\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe ultimate inspiration to strike out on a travel adventure of your own\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe editor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003eIn the 1960s,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenoa Caldwell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the New York-based photo researcher for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as photo editor for both Black Star\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand Magnum. While operating her own photo agency in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Caldwell was introduced to the work of Burton Holmes and became private archivist for the extensive and unique photographic collection. Caldwell has maintained the collection for over 30 years and has lectured and published on the life and work of Burton Holmes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eBurton Holmes. Travelogues. The Greatest Traveler of His Time 1892-1952\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e14\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e19.5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e0.96 kg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e608 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-3-8365-5780-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"edition-selection__single-edition\"\u003eEdition: English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52276845314416,"sku":null,"price":620000.0,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2679\/1280\/files\/Frame30_4a05695e-0a1d-4836-a846-f438f73af868.png?v=1779438623","url":"https:\/\/coverbook.store\/products\/travelogues","provider":"Cover Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}