Summary: Thomas Coryate was an eccentric 17th Century English traveller and the man credited with having introduced the table fork and the umbrella to England. His remarkable journey to Venice and back - on foot - prompted an astonishing collection of travel writing giving us a wonderful picture of his times, and not least some colourful descriptions of Venetian music making during the renaissance. Catherine Bott meets Coryate enthusiast, Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for a portrait of Coryate and his writings.
