Traveling the world. Two hundred years ago this was an option only for the very wealthy. Besides this tiny percent of the population, there were also groups of people willing to give up everything to take a chance at a better life in a different country. If one knew how to read, there were books, newspapers, and scholarly articles that presented the author’s (usually biased) descriptions of cultures, people, and places. There might even be a drawing or two, paintings, or (a few years later) some photographs. Continue…
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