Priyanka Chatterjee Most of early 18th century proliferation of travel literature was an outcome of European travel expeditions to the non-European lands which embossed the idea of ‘the rest of the world’ on a European readership that was witnessing rapid expansion of imperialist desires and designs by the turn of the century. Critically examining these travel accounts, Mary Lousie Pratt zooms into two important events that endow significant understanding to…