A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era
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.
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)
Peter J Kitson, William Baker, Indira Ghose, Susan Schoenbauer Thurin
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