Customer Reviews:
 Vintage trekking, 160 years ago. April 25, 2008
This is a wonderful tale of Trekking through most of Europe prior to 1848. This edition was printed in 1898.
The latest fad in Backpacking today is Lite weight backpacking. Bayard Taylor, in the equipment section of this guide, advises not to carry more than 15 pounds in your Rucksack. Much of his advise would be good advise today! What goes around comes around.
His cost for the two year trip in 1848, leaving from New York, Trekking through Europe for 2 years and returning to New York was $472.00. This is truly a delightful look at vintage backpacking, as well as a fascinating glimpse of traveling in Europe 160 years, ago on foot.
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