Stevenson Robert Louis (w3146)
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- Description: Robert Louis Stevenson, famed author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, was also an indefatigable traveler. Frail in health, he turned to travel as both remedy and inspiration. In 1878, he walked through France’s Cévennes region with only a donkey named Modestine, an experience that led to Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, one of the first works of modern travel literature. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cevennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. He later journeyed to the United States and, from 1888, settled in Samoa, where locals affectionately called him “Tusitala,” the “teller of tales”
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: R.L.S.
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1850–1894
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1512
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stevenson, Robert Louis, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, London, 1879. Stevenson, Robert Louis, In the South Seas, London, 1896.
