“Travels are one of the sources of history: by the narratives of travelers the history of foreign nations is placed beside the particular history of each country," wrote François-René de Chateaubriand in the preface to his Travels in America (1836)” TravelMeta QuoteTraveloguesHistorical NarrativeChateaubriand Book:The Grand Tour: The Golden Age of Travel Source: The Grand Tour: The Golden Age of Travel