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travelogue

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Blend[1] of travel +‎ -logue, after monologue.[2] Coined by Dr. John Bowker in 1898 (see the quotation),[2] and popularized by the American traveler and filmmaker Burton Holmes (1870–1958) in 1903.

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Noun

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travelogue (plural travelogues)

  1. (originally US) A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
    • 1898 December 3, “Plays Next Week ‘Phroso,’ ‘Yankee Doosle Dandy,’ ‘On the Wabash,’ ‘A Mislit Marriage’”, in Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, Mass., →OCLC, page 4, column 6:
      Dr. John Bowker, inventor and coiner of new words […] has what he calls an ‘illustrated travelogue’ on Hawaii.
    • 2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
      During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.
    • 2016, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotated, MarcoPolo, →ISBN:
      The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.

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References

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  1. ^ “-logue, comb. form”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000: “[N]ote […] the blends travelogue, vinylogue.”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “travelogue, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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