With the World's Great Travelers (Vol. 1-4)

With the World's Great Travelers (Vol. 1-4)
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The preface of this book tells that even though voyages are called mere «trips,» distant lands didn't get more familiar. As the world became more open and voyages more often, the differences between foreign lands and continents became more evident as ever. This truth remains topical even today, 120 years after these words were put down on paper. Now «With the World's Great Travelers» lets you make a personal voyage through distance and time and see the most outstanding example of travel history in the world's literature. The book consists of essays by multiple authors, like Edward A. Pollard, a notable American Journalist; Charles Darwin, a famous scientist; Meriwether Lewis, a renowned explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Howard Russell, the most celebrated foreign journalist in America during the times of the Civil War and many others. This work gives a deep insight into how the world and traveling looked a century ago.

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With the World's Great Travelers (Vol. 1-4)

Table of Contents

Volume 1

PREFACE

NEW DEPENDENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES

OLIVER H. G LEIGH

WINTER AND SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND

HARRIET MARTINEAU

NIAGARA FALLS AND THE THOUSAND ISLANDS

CHARLES MORRIS

FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON IN 1866

HENRY LATHAM

THE NATURAL BRIDGE AND TUNNEL OF VIRGINIA

EDWARD A. POLLARD

PLANTATION LIFE IN WAR TIMES

WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL

AMONG FLORIDA ALLIGATORS

S. C. CLARKE

IN THE MAMMOTH CAVE

THÉRÈSE YELVERTON

DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI

THOMAS L. NICHOLS

FROM NEW ORLEANS TO RED RIVER

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

WINTER ON THE PRAIRIES

G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH

A HUNTER’S CHRISTMAS DINNER

J. S. CAMPION

A COLORADO “ROUND-UP.”

ALFRED TERRY BACON

AMONG THE COW-BOYS

LOUIS C. BRADFORD

HUNTING THE BUFFALO

WASHINGTON IRVING

IN THE COUNTRY OF THE SIOUX

MERIWETHER LEWIS

THE GREAT FALLS OF THE MISSOURI

WILLIAM CLARKE

HUNTING SCENES IN THE CANADIAN WOODS

B. A. WATSON

THE GRAND FALLS OF LABRADOR

HENRY G. BRYANT

LIFE AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX

WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY

FUGITIVES FROM THE ARCTIC SEAS

ELISHA KENT KANE

RESCUED FROM DEATH

W. S. SCHLEY

THE MUIR GLACIER

SEPTIMA M. COLLIS

A SUMMER TRIP TO ALASKA

JAMES A. HARRISON

THE FORT WILLIAM HENRY MASSACRE

JONATHAN CARVER

THE GAUCHO AND HIS HORSE

THOMAS J. HUTCHINSON

VALPARAISO AND ITS VICINITY

CHARLES DARWIN

AN ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY

BENJAMIN F. BOURNE

Volume 2

THE WORLD’S GREAT CAPITALS OF TO-DAY

OLIVER H. G. LEIGH. New York, Washington, Chicago

WINNIPEG LAKE AND RIVER

W. F. BUTLER

A FINE SCENIC ROUTE

HENRY T. FINCK

SOUTH PASS AND FREMONT’S PEAK

JOHN C. FREMONT

IN THE YELLOWSTONE PARK

FERDINAND V. HAYDEN

THE COUNTRY OF THE CLIFF-DWELLERS

ALFRED TERRY BACON

LAKE TAHOE AND THE BIG TREES

A. H. TEVIS

THE CHINESE QUARTER IN SAN FRANCISCO

HELEN HUNT JACKSON

MARIPOSA GROVE AND YOSEMITE VALLEY

CHARLES LORING BRACE

A SPORTSMAN’S EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO

SIR ROSE LAMBERT PRICE

THE SCENERY OF THE MEXICAN LOWLANDS

FELIX L. OSWALD

AMONG THE RUINS OF YUCATAN

JOHN L. STEPHENS

THE ROUTE OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL

JULIUS FROEBEL

THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN SALVADOR

CARL SCHERZER

SCENES IN TRINIDAD AND JAMAICA

JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE

THE HIGH WOODS OF TRINIDAD

CHARLES KINGSLEY

ANIMALS OF BRITISH GUIANA

C. BARRINGTON BROWN

LIFE AND SCENERY IN VENEZUELA

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

THE LLANEROS OF VENEZUELA

RAMON PAEZ

THE FORESTS OF THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RIVERS

FRANZ KELLER

CANOE- AND CAMP-LIFE ON THE MADEIRA

FRANZ KELLER

BESIEGED BY PECCARIES

JAMES W. WELLS

THE PERILS OF TRAVEL

IDA PFEIFFER

BRAZILIAN ANTS AND MONKEYS

HENRY W. BATES

THE MONARCHS OF THE ANDES

JAMES ORTON

INCA HIGH-ROADS AND BRIDGES

E. GEORGE SQUIER

Footnotes:

Volume 3

THE WORLD’S GREAT CAPITALS OF TO-DAY

OLIVER H. G. LEIGH. London

Glasgow, Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester

KENILWORTH AND WARWICK CASTLES

ELIHU BURRITT

WINDSOR FOREST AND CASTLE

ANONYMOUS

THE ASPECT OF LONDON

HIPPOLYTE TAINE

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

THE GARDENS AT KEW

JULIAN HAWTHORNE

CHATSWORTH CASTLE

JOHN LEYLAND

KING ARTHUR’S LAND

J. YOUNG

THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT

AMELIA BARR

THE ROMAN WALL OF CUMBERLAND

ROSE G. KINGSLEY

ENGLISH RURAL SCENERY

SARAH B. WISTER

THE “OLD TOWN” OF EDINBURGH

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

IN THE LAND OF ROB ROY

NATHANIEL P. WILLIS

THE ISLAND OF STAFFA AND FINGAL’S CAVE

BERIAH BOTFIELD

IRELAND AND ITS CAPITAL

MATTHEW WOODS, M. D

FROM CORK TO KILLARNEY

SARAH J. LIPPINCOTT

NORTH OF IRELAND SCENES

W. GEORGE BEERS

PARIS AND ITS ATTRACTIONS

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

TRAVEL IN FRANCE FIFTY YEARS AGO

CHARLES DICKENS

FROM NORMANDY TO PROVENCE

DONALD G. MITCHELL

A FRENCH FARMER’S PARADISE

M. BETHAM-EDWARDS

CORDOVA AND ITS MOSQUE

S. P. SCOTT

THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT

JOSEPH MOORE

SEVILLE, THE QUEEN OF ANDALUSIA

S. P. SCOTT

STREET SCENES IN GENOA

AUGUSTA MARRYAT

THE ALHAMBRA

S. P. SCOTT

Footnotes:

Volume 4

THE WORLD’S GREAT CAPITALS OF TO-DAY

OLIVER H. G. LEIGH. Paris, Amsterdam

FLORENCE AND ITS ART TREASURES

SARAH J. LIPPINCOTT

THE LAKE REGION OF ITALY

ROBERT A. McLEOD

A DAY IN ROME

BAYARD TAYLOR

POMPEII AND ITS DESTROYER

ALFRED E. LEE

MOUNT ETNA IN ERUPTION

BAYARD TAYLOR

PLEBEIAN LIFE IN VENICE

HORACE ST. JOHN

ATHENS AND ITS TEMPLES

J. L. T. PHILLIPS

THE ISLES OF GREECE

HENRY M. FIELD

THE SERAGLIO ON THE GOLDEN HORN

EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE

ZERMATT AND ITS SCENERY

STANLEY HOPE

ALPINE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

EDWARD WHYMPER

A TYPICAL DUTCH CITY

EDMONDO DE AMICIS

ANTWERP AND ITS PEOPLE

ROSE G. KINGSLEY

ART MUSEUMS OF DRESDEN

ELIZABETH PEAKE

THE STUDENTS OF HEIDELBERG

BAYARD TAYLOR

THE STREETS OF BERLIN

MATTHEW WOODS

A RAMBLE IN PRUSSIA

STEPHEN POWERS

THE SALT-MINES OF WIELICZKA. 1

J. ROSS BROWNE

THE JUMPING PROCESSION AT ECHTERNACH

M. OGLE

THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRIA

JOHN RUSSELL

THE ESZTERHÁZY PALACES

JOHN PAGET

FROM HAMBURG TO STOCKHOLM

MRS. ANDREW CROSSE

THE MIDNIGHT SUN

LANGLEY COLERIDGE

IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL

SAMUEL S. COX

A VISIT TO FINLAND

DAVID KER

MOSCOW IN 1800

EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE

A RUSSIAN SLEIGH JOURNEY

FREDERICK BURNABY

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