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Travel writing, 1700-1830 : an anthology / edited by Elizabeth A. Bohls and Ian Duncan ; with an introduction by Elizabeth A. Bohls.
Series: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 520 pagesContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780192840516
- PR 1309.T73 T73 2005eb
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Summary: By the end of the eighteenth century, British travellers had fanned out to every corner of the world, driven by widely varying motives: scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism. In letters, journals, and books, travellers wrote at first-hand of exotic lands and beautiful scenery, and of encounters with strange peoples and wildlife. This anthology brings together the best writing from authors such as Daniel Defoe, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah. Equiano, Mungo Park, Maria Nugent and many others, to provide a comprehensive selection from this emerging liter.
Contents; Introduction; Note on the Texts; Select Bibliography; Chronology; TRAVEL WRITING; PART I. EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR; 1. CLASSICAL GROUND; 2. DEBATING THE TOUR; 3. SOCIETY AND SENTIMENT; 4. REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM; 5. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK; PART II. THE BRITISH ISLES; 1. THE STATE OF THE NATION; 2. PICTURESQUE TOURISM; 3. SCOTLAND; PART III. AFRICA; 1. THE SLAVE TRADE, 1732-1789; 2. INFANT COLONY, 1794; 3. EXPLORERS, 1790-1822; PART IV. THE CARIBBEAN; 1. NATURAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS; 2. WORKING TRAVELLERS; 3. PLANTERS; 4. LADIES; PART V. NORTH AMERICA; 1. SURVEYORS AND EXPLORERS.
2. MANNERS AND MORALSPART VI. AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC; 1. PRIVATEERS, 1680-1744; 2. THE COOK EXPEDITIONS, 1768-1780; 3. COLONIZING NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1791; 4. THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES, 1796-1824; Explanatory Notes.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | PR 1309.T73 T73 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5191678 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxv).
Contents; Introduction; Note on the Texts; Select Bibliography; Chronology; TRAVEL WRITING; PART I. EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR; 1. CLASSICAL GROUND; 2. DEBATING THE TOUR; 3. SOCIETY AND SENTIMENT; 4. REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM; 5. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK; PART II. THE BRITISH ISLES; 1. THE STATE OF THE NATION; 2. PICTURESQUE TOURISM; 3. SCOTLAND; PART III. AFRICA; 1. THE SLAVE TRADE, 1732-1789; 2. INFANT COLONY, 1794; 3. EXPLORERS, 1790-1822; PART IV. THE CARIBBEAN; 1. NATURAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS; 2. WORKING TRAVELLERS; 3. PLANTERS; 4. LADIES; PART V. NORTH AMERICA; 1. SURVEYORS AND EXPLORERS.
2. MANNERS AND MORALSPART VI. AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC; 1. PRIVATEERS, 1680-1744; 2. THE COOK EXPEDITIONS, 1768-1780; 3. COLONIZING NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1791; 4. THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES, 1796-1824; Explanatory Notes.
By the end of the eighteenth century, British travellers had fanned out to every corner of the world, driven by widely varying motives: scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism. In letters, journals, and books, travellers wrote at first-hand of exotic lands and beautiful scenery, and of encounters with strange peoples and wildlife. This anthology brings together the best writing from authors such as Daniel Defoe, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah. Equiano, Mungo Park, Maria Nugent and many others, to provide a comprehensive selection from this emerging liter.
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