CURIOSITIES AND SPLENDOUR / EDITED BY MARK MACKENZIE

Contributor(s):

Mackenzie, Mark [editor.]

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781788683029

Other title:

Curiosities and Splendour : An anthology of classic travel literature

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 910.41

Contents:

Introduction -- Mark MacKenzie; Station Life in New Zealand -- Mary Anne Barker; A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains -- Isabella Bird; The Road to Oxiana -- Robert Byron; The Worst Journey in the World -- Apsley Cherry-Garrard; Voyages -- James Cook; The Voyage of the Beagle -- Charles Darwin; American Notes -Charles Dickens; The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon -- Henry Fielding; Summer on the Lakes -- Margaret Fuller; The Histories -- Herodotus, trans. by George Rawlinson; Tales of the Alhambra -- Washington Irving; English Hours -- Henry James A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland -- Samuel JohnsonSea and Sardinia -- DH Lawrence; Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa -- David Livingstone; The Cruise of the Snark -- Jack London; Letters -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; My First Summer in the Sierra -- John Muir; Farthest North -- Fridtjof Nansen; Travels in the Interior of Africa -- Mungo Park; Discovery of a North-West Passage -- William Edward Parry; The Travels of Marco Polo -- Marco Polo; With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple -- Susanna Carson Rijnhart; Through the Brazilian Wilderness -- Theodore Roosevelt South -- Ernest ShackletonTravels with a Donkey in the Cévennes -- Robert Louis Stevenson; Life on the Mississippi -- Mark Twain; In Morocco -- Edith Wharton; Letters Written during a Short Residence in Norway, Sweden and Denmark -- Mary Wollstonecraft

Summary: Journey back in time with this collection of classic travel writing from great authors and adventurers. These extraordinary odysseys over land and sea captivated audiences and gave them a glimpse into countries, cities and cultures like never before. Tales include Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition of 1910-13; Robert Byron's ten-month journey through Persia to Afghanistan in the early 30s; Jack London's 1907 sailing adventure across the south Pacific; and Teddy Roosevelt's scientific exploration of the Brazilian jungle's exotic flora and fauna. Each author and their piece of writing is introduced by editor Mark Mackenzie, who gives context to the work and provides an insightful look into how travel has changed since they were originally published.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Perpustakaan Alor Setar	RFID	Pinjaman Dewasa	910.41 CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A01619712
Book	Perpustakaan Alor Setar	RFID	Pinjaman Dewasa	910.41 CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A01619713

Includes index

Introduction -- Mark MacKenzie; Station Life in New Zealand -- Mary Anne Barker; A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains -- Isabella Bird; The Road to Oxiana -- Robert Byron; The Worst Journey in the World -- Apsley Cherry-Garrard; Voyages -- James Cook; The Voyage of the Beagle -- Charles Darwin; American Notes -Charles Dickens; The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon -- Henry Fielding; Summer on the Lakes -- Margaret Fuller; The Histories -- Herodotus, trans. by George Rawlinson; Tales of the Alhambra -- Washington Irving; English Hours -- Henry James A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland -- Samuel JohnsonSea and Sardinia -- DH Lawrence; Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa -- David Livingstone; The Cruise of the Snark -- Jack London; Letters -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; My First Summer in the Sierra --
John Muir; Farthest North -- Fridtjof Nansen; Travels in the Interior of Africa -- Mungo Park; Discovery of a North-West Passage -- William Edward Parry; The Travels of Marco Polo -- Marco Polo; With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple -- Susanna Carson Rijnhart; Through the Brazilian Wilderness -- Theodore Roosevelt South -- Ernest ShackletonTravels with a Donkey in the Cévennes -- Robert Louis Stevenson; Life on the Mississippi -- Mark Twain; In Morocco -- Edith Wharton; Letters Written during a Short Residence in Norway, Sweden and Denmark -- Mary Wollstonecraft

Journey back in time with this collection of classic travel writing from great authors and adventurers. These extraordinary odysseys over land and sea captivated audiences and gave them a glimpse into countries, cities and cultures like never before.
Tales include Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition of 1910-13; Robert Byron's ten-month journey through Persia to Afghanistan in the early 30s; Jack London's 1907 sailing adventure across the south Pacific; and Teddy Roosevelt's scientific exploration of the Brazilian jungle's exotic flora and fauna.
Each author and their piece of writing is introduced by editor Mark Mackenzie, who gives context to the work and provides an insightful look into how travel has changed since they were originally published.

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