A travel narrative contains certain elements that differentiate them from other works. They serve to easily distinguish a travel narrative. These common characteristics have been compiled into eleven conventions which include: …show more content…
Survive ‘difficult ocean passage,’ 2. Deride earlier reports from other explorers/discoverers, 3 Report ‘advantages of European technology,’ 4. Describe geography of the New World, 5. Mix ‘practical advice with rhetorical landscape definitions,’ 6. Encounter ‘nature and ‘savages’ as friendly and ferocious,’ 7. Show an ‘expedition plagued by intrigue and disunity,’ 8. Emphasize ‘flaws and virtues of the expedition leaders,’ 9. Compare ‘virtues of life in a strange land with the idleness and corruption of the old world,’ 10. Catalog ‘New World plenitude,’ 11. Recount ‘initial successes followed by defeats.’