Travel writing, 1700-1830 [electronic resource]
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By the end of the eighteenth century, British travelers 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, travelers 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
العنوان |
Travel writing, 1700-1830 [electronic resource] : an anthology / edited by Elizabeth A. Bohls and Ian Duncan with an introduction by Elizabeth A. Bohls. |
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الناشر |
Oxford New York : Oxford University Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2005 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxx]-xxxv). English |
رقم الرف |
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 TRAVELERS 3. PLANTERS 4. LADIES PART V. NORTH AMERICA 1. SURVEYORS AND EXPLORERS 2. MANNERS AND MORALS PART 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 |
سلسلة |
Oxford world's classics |
الشكل |
1 online resource (561 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997010714131005171 |
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