He was known simply as the Blind Traveler.
A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history\'s most epic lives--a story to awaken.
A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, helped chart the Australian outback--and, astonishingly, circumnavigated the globe, becoming one of the Greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored.
He was known simply as the Blind Traveler