Travel writing, 1700-1830 :: an anthology /

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 a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bohls, Elizabeth A., Duncan, Ian, 1955-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford world's classics.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xl, 520 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxv).
ISBN:9781429488457
142948845X
9780191517907
0191517909
1280964960
9781280964961

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