James Holman Traveled Over 250,000 Miles in the Early 1800s. He Was Also Completely Blind.

Published: Jan. 3, 2019, 8 a.m.

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. 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\u2014and...