| Authorship Notes |
Blome acted as a compiler and editor, and as such many of his geographical works are highly derivative. In line with this his 'Treatise of Travel' expounds a number of commonplace views. He suggests that to be an eye witness ( the 'occular view') is worth more than the opinions of books but if one is too old or can't afford travel, then the sedentary travel of reading must suffice. For Blome, the goal of travel is the education of youth. He advocates that the traveller be well grounded in his religion, have a good knowledge of his own country, acquire a good tutor and be able to distinguish between good and bad customs. He also lists and describes several types of travel - grammatical peregrination of travel, topographical, pragmatick, ethnick, military or martial, travel for health and religious peregrination. The 'Treatise of Travel' occurs pp. 1-13. |
