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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 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xl, 520 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxv). |
| ISBN: | 9781429488457 142948845X 9780191517907 0191517909 1280964960 9781280964961 |