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[TRAVEL]
Traveller or an Entertaining Journey Round the Habitable Globe; Being a Novel and Easy Method of Studying Geography...
A Reviewer of this book for the Gentleman's Magazine wrote that this book is "an entertaining account of a journey around the world, in the small compass of 204 pages, including an introduction to Astronomy, a description of the Earth, and a definition of the technical terms which continually recur in Geographies, is the wonderful task which the Author has executed in the most masterly manner. We do not recollect having ever seen in a book written for young people such a mass of pleasant and useful information."
- Published
- London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, (c.1820)
- References
- Gumuchian 5614. Osborne I p. 192. Not in Sabin.
- Plates
- 41
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, (c.1820)
- Ref
- 147
8vo. contemporary calf re-backed preserving the original back strip; gilt rules backstrip decorated in gilt, red morocco backstrip label. [viii] 204 pp. Two maps, one coloured; 36 hand-coloured views on 18 plates, and four plates of native garb. An excellent copy. FIRST EDITION. A charming work serving as an introduction to the study of geography for young readers. With astronomical observations as well as anecdotes relating to specific customs or history. NUC lists no copies of this edition and seven (2 3 2) copies of the second, third and fourth editions. Of California, the author states, "The old inhabitants live almost like brutes sleeping under trees during the summer and digging themselves holes for the winter." Coloured plates in order: 1. The Two Hemispheres. [Map] 2. Europe. French / Italians / Laplanders / Russians. 3-4. London / Edinburgh. 5-6. Dublin / Paris. 7-8. Rouen / Brussels. 9-10. The Hague / Amsterdam. 11-12. Copenhagen / Stockholm. 13-14. Moscow / [St] Petersburgh. 15-16. Warsaw / Cracow. 17-18. Dresden / Buda. 19-20. Vienna / Berlin. 21-22. Naples / Rome. 23-24. Venice / Mantua. 25-26. Genoa / Bern. 27-28. Madrid / Lisbon. 29-30. Constantinople / Pekin. 31. Asia. Turks / Indians / Chinese / Tartars. 32-33. Ispahan / Mecca. 34. Africa. Egyptians / People of Barbary / Negroes / Hottentots. 35-36. Cairo / Cape of Good Hope. 37-38. Tripoli / Algiers. 39. America. Patagonians / Peruvians / People of Louisiana / Canadians. 40-41. Washington / Buenos Ayres.
