1700-1830, Travel Writing by Bohls, Elizabeth A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Contents Introduction Note on the Texts Select Bibliography Chronology TRAVEL WRITING

PART I. EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR

1. CLASSICAL GROUND

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy (1705) Letters from the Levant (1813)

2. DEBATING THE TOUR

The Gentleman’s Magazine: ‘Of Travelling’ (1731) The Grand Tour (1756) Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel (1775)

3. SOCIETY AND SENTIMENT

Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland (1764) Travels through France and Italy (1766) A View of Society and Manners in Italy (1781) Observations in a Journey through Italy (1789)

4. REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM

Travels, during the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789 (1792) Letters from France (1790–1796) A Journey made in the Summer of 1794 (1795) Narrative of a Residence in Belgium (1817) Paul’s Letters to his Kinsfolk (1816)

5. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

‘Embassy Letters’ (1716–1718) A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople (1789) Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)

PART II. THE BRITISH ISLES

1. THE STATE OF THE NATION

The Diary of Celia Fiennes (c.1685–1703) A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724–1726) A Tour in Ireland (1780) The Stranger in Ireland (1806) Rural Rides in the Southern, Western and Eastern Counties of England (1822–1826)

2. PICTURESQUE TOURISM

Journal in the Lakes (1769) A Guide to the Lakes (1784) Observations on the River Wye (1782) Observations during a Tour in the Lakes (1795)

3. SCOTLAND

A Voyage to St Kilda (1698) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775); The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1773) A Journey to the Highlands of Scotland (1777) Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland (1803) ‘Malise’s Journey to the Trossacks’ (from The Spy, 1811)

PART III. AFRICA

1. THE SLAVE TRADE, 1732–1789

A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea (1732) A Voyage to Guinea, Brasil and the West–Indies (1735) Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade (1788) The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)

2. INFANT COLONY, 1794

Two Voyages to Sierra Leone (1793)

3. EXPLORERS, 1790–1822

Travels into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (1799) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa (1801) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire (1818) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa (1822)

PART IV. THE CARIBBEAN

1. NATURAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christopher and Jamaica (1707/1725) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica (1825)

2. WORKING TRAVELLERS

Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1790) The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave (1831)

3. PLANTERS

A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica (1790) Journal of a West India Proprietor (1834)

4. LADIES

Journal of a Lady of Quality (1774–1776) Journal of a Residence in Jamaica (1801–1805)

PART V. NORTH AMERICA

1. SURVEYORS AND EXPLORERS

A New Voyage to Carolina (1709) A Voyage Round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea (1726) History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina (1728) Travels Through North and South Carolina (1791) A Journey from Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean (1795) Voyages through North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans (1801) Narrative of his Explorations in Western America (1784–1812)

2. MANNERS AND MORALS

Travels through the States of North America (1799) Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America (1803) Memoirs of an American Lady (1807) A Year’s Residence in the United States of America (1818) Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832)

PART VI. AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

1. PRIVATEERS, 1680–1744

A New Voyage Round the World (1697–1703) A Cruising Voyage Round the World (1712) A Voyage Round the World by George Anson (1748)

2. THE COOK EXPEDITIONS, 1768–1780

The Voyage of the Endeavour (1768–1771) Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks (1770) A Voyage Round the World (1777) The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure (1772–1775) The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery (1776–1780)

3. COLONIZING NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788–1791

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay (1790) An Historical Journal of Transactions at Port Jackson (1793) A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson (1793) The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner (1822) A Voyage Round the World (1795)

4. THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES, 1796–1824

A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean (1799) Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii, or Owhyhee (1826)

Explanatory Notes

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