The Spice Route - From Europe to Asia

The Spice Route is an account of one man's journey through distant lands. Artist Harry Holcroft visits over twenty countries across Europe and Asia as he retraces the path of the ancient spice routes, adopting the various historical means of travel along the way. Holcroft's diary conveys the idiosyncratic charm of these exotic lands and a unique collection of paintings and sketches capture the haunting atmosphere of some of the world's most evocative places from Venice to Cairo and Bombay to Java....