Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part II - Peter Kitson

Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part II

Travel Writings on North America, the Far East, North and South Poles and the Middle East

Peter Kitson (Autor)

Media-Kombination
1752 Seiten
2002
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
978-1-85196-721-6 (ISBN)
529,95 inkl. MwSt
A collection of work that attempts to reflect the diversity of travel literature from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This literature often reveals something of the cultural and gender difference of the travellers, as well as ideas on colonialism, anthropology and slavery.

Editorial board Tim Fulford is at Nottingham Trent University, and is author of Coleridge's Figurative Language, Landscape, Liberty and Authority, and Romanticism and Masculinity Peter Kitson is at the University of Dundee, and is author of YWES, Coleridge and the Armoury of the Human Mind and is co-editor of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation Tilar J Mazzeo is at Oregon State University Debbie Lee is at Washington State University Indira Ghose is at the Freie Universitat, Berlin Nigel Leask is at Queens' College, University of Cambridge

Part II Volume 5: Africa Edited by Debbie Lee James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790); Mungo Park, Travels into the Interior Districts of Africa (1799); Sir John Barrow, An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa (1801-4); Christian Frederick Damberger, Travels through the Continent of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco (1801); James Hingston Tuckey, Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa (1818); George Francis Lyon, A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa (1821); Dixon Denham, Captain Clapperton and Dr Oudney, Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa (1826); Alexander Gordon Laing, The Letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing (1824-6); Hugh Clapperson, Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa (1829); Richard and John Lander, Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger (1832) Volume 6: India Edited by Indira Ghose James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs: Selections from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years' Residence in India (1813); Eliza Fay, Original Letters from India (1821); William Hodges, Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783 (1794); Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, Journal of a Residence in India (1812); Reginald Heber, Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-5 (1828); Emma Roberts, Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan, with Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society (1835) Volume 7: South America and Caribbean Edited by Nigel Leask Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan, A Voyage to South America (1772); Martin Dobrizhoffer, An Account of the Abipones, and Equestrian People of Paraguay, trans. Sara Coleridge (1822); Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctal Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804, trans. Helena Maria Williams (1814-29); John Mawe, Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts of that Country (1812); John Stewart, A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica; with Remarks on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Slaves, and on the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies (1823); Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America, in the Years 1812, 16, 20 and 24 (1825); Basil Hall, Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico, in the Years 1820-21-22 (1824); Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence There, During Part of the Years 1821, 22, 23 (1824); William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico (1824); Robert Proctor, Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordilleras of the Andes, and of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru in the Years 1823 and 1824 (1825); Francis Bond Head, Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes (1826); Henry Nelson Coleridge, Six Months in the West Indies in 1825 (1826); Charles Mackenzie, Notes on Haiti, Made During a Residence in that Republic (1830) Volume 8: South Seas and Australasia Edited by Peter J Kitson John Hawkesworth, A New Voyage, Round the World in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 and 1771 (1774); James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World (1777); George Forster, A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop Resolution, Commanded by Capt. James Cook, During the Years 1772, 3, 4 and 5 (1777); Johann Reinhold Forster, Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World (1778); James Cook, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere (1784); David Samwell, A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook (1786); George Keate, An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean (1788); William Bligh, A Voyage to the South Sea Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies (1792); George Hamilton, A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora: Performed Under the Direction of Captain Edwards; in 1790, 1791 and 1792 (1793); Mary Ann Parker, A Voyage Round the World (1795); David Collins, An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales (1798-1802); Robert Southey, 'Review of the Transactions of the Missionary Society in the South Sea Islands' (1809); George Vason, An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongabatoo (1810); Matthew Finders, A Voyage to Terra Australis, Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802 and 1803 (1814); John Martin, An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean (1817); Robert Southey, review of William Ellis, Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands (1830)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.12.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 3515 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Afrika
Reisen Reiseberichte Asien
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-85196-721-4 / 1851967214
ISBN-13 978-1-85196-721-6 / 9781851967216
Zustand Neuware
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