Many travellers have followed in Stevenson’s footsteps.
J. A. Hammerton: In the Track of R. L. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France (1903) read online
More recently, photographer Quentin Pruvost travelled the canals and rivers of northern France, and his journey resulted in a magnificent book published by Lightmotiv:
http://quentin-pruvost.com/inland-voyage/