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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Oxford world's classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.