Peter J Kitson, William Baker, Indira Ghose, Susan Schoenbauer Thurin

Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part I Vol 1 (eBook, ePUB)

Writings from the Era of Imperial Consolidation, 1835-1910

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 1880
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000558937
• Artikelnr.: 62899831

Autorenporträt

Peter J Kitson, William Baker, Indira Ghose, Susan Schoenbauer Thurin

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Volume 1: North and South Poles John Balleny
'Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean
in February 1839'
Journal of the schooner Eliza Scott
commanded by Mr. John Balleny
communicated by Charles Enderby
Esq.
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1839); Charles Wilkes
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838
1839
1840
1841
1842 by Charles Wilkes
USN Commodore of the Expedition
member of the American Philosophical Society &c. Condensed and Abridged (1845); James Clark Ross
A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions
During the Years 1839-43 (1847); Lieutenant Sherard Osborn
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or
Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition
in the Years 1850-51. By Lieut. Sherard Osborn
Commanding H.M.S. Vessel 'Pioneer' (1852); Elisha Kent Kane
The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative by Elisha Kent Kane (1854); Charles Dickens
'The Lost Arctic Voyagers'
Household Words
(1854); Elisha Kent Kane
Arctic Explorations. The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853
54
55 (1856); Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock
The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions by Captain M'Clintock (1859); Captain Albert Hastings Markham
R.N.
The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Alert' During the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 (1878); John Wilson Danenhower
History of the Adventures
Voyage and Terrible Shipwreck of the U.S. Steamer 'Jeannette'
in the Polar Seas
together with a full and particular account of the death of Lieutenant De Long
and his brave Shipmates and the rescue of Danenhower
Melville
and their heroic companions carefully compiled from authentic records with numerous Illustrations (1882); George W. Melville
In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander De Long and His Companions Followed by An Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and A Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole by George W. Melville Chief Engineer U.S.N.
edited by Melville Philips with Maps and Illustrations (1885); Robert Edwin Peary
Northward over the 'Great Ice': A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the interior ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897
with a description of the little tribe of Smith- Sound Eskimos
the most northerly human beings in the world
and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the 'Saviksue'
or Great Cape-York Meteorites (1898); Frederick A. Cook
Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899. A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Belgica' Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole (1900); Robert Falcon Scott
The Voyage of the 'Discovery' ... With 260 full page and smaller illustrations by Dr. E. A. Wilson and other members of the expedition ... panoramas and maps (1905); Robert Edwin Peary
Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt
1905-1906 (1907)