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Georgian

Ye olde travel guide: Rio de Janeiro 1820

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Medieval

Ye olde travel guide: Florence 1380

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20th Century

Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905

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General ancient history

Ye olde travel guide: Aksum AD 537

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Georgian

Ye olde travel guide: Philadelphia 1774

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Victorian

The Library Ye olde travel guide: Hong Kong 1842

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General Modern

Ye olde travel guide: Moscow 1937

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Viking

Ye olde travel guide: Dublin AD 1000

A 19th century lithograph showing the town of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)
Victorian

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Sydney 1848

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Medieval

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Bruges 1386

A 19th-century woodblock print of Edo, now known as Tokyo. (GraphixaArtis/Getty Images)
Victorian

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Edo 1850

Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Stuart

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Meknes 1681

A contemporary view of the river Seine and Notre-Dame de Paris. (Getty Images)
Georgian

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Paris 1802

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Viking

Ye olde travel guide: Hedeby AD 950

Vintage map of the Bahamas. (Library of Congress)
Georgian

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Bahamas 1718