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Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires Writings from the Era of Imperial Consolidation 1835-1910 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION 1835-1910 Volume 1 NORTH AND SOUTH POLES Edited by Peter J. Kitson A v.. ••••• ' *-v> /\ :«. •.--. - * -•"" Universitätsbibliothek Bttfl Zentralbibliothek 2007 LONDON PICKERING & CHATTO 2003 digitalisiert durch: Nineteenth-century travels, explorations and empires IDS Basel Bern 2003-2004 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Note on Copy-texts viii General Introduction ix Introduction xvii John Balleny, 'Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean, in February 1839'. Extracted from the Journal ofthe schooner Eliza Scott, commanded by Mr. John Balleny, communicated by Charles Enderby, Esq., Journal ofthe Royal Geographica! Society of London 7 (1839) 1 Charles Wilkes, Narrative ofthe United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 by Charles Wilkes, USN Commodore ofthe Expedition, member ofthe American Philosophical Society &c. Condensed and Abridged (1845) 15 James Clark Ross, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, During die Years 1839-43 (1847) 47 Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, Stray Leavesfrotn 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) 77 Elisha Kent Kane, 77K U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative by Elisha Kent Kane (1854) 103 Charles Dickens, 'The Lost Arctic Voyagers', Household Words, 146 (Saturday, 9 December 1854) 129 Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations. 11« Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, 54, 55 (1856) 141 Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock, The Voyage ofthe Fox in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative ofthe Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions by Captain M'Clintock (1859) 177 vi Nineteenth-Century Travels, Exploration and Empires: Volume 1 Captain Albert Hastings Markham, R.N., The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative ofthe Voyage ofthe Alert' During the Arctic Expedition of1875-6 (1878) 211 John Wilson Danenhower, History ofthe Adventures, Voyage and Terrible Shipwreck of the LJ.S. SteamerJeannette', in the Polar Seas, together with afull and particular account ofthe death of Lieutenant De Long, and his brave Shipmates and the rescue of Danenhower, Melville, and their heroic companions carefully compiledfrom authentic records with numerous Illustrations (1882) 243 George W. Melville, In the Lena Delta. A Narrative oftlie Search for Lieut.- Commander De Long and His Companions Followed by An Account ofthe Greely Relief Expedition andA Proposed Method ofReaching the North Pole by George W. Melville Chief Engineer U.S.N., edited by Melville Philips with Maps and Illustrations (1885) 261 Robert Edwin Peary, Northward over the 'Great Ice': A Narrative ofLife and Work along the Shores and upon the interior ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description ofthe little tribe of Smith- Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account ofthe discovery and bringing hörne ofthe 'Saviksue', or Great Cape-York Meteorites (1898) 281 Frederick A. Cook, Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899. A Narrative ofthe Voyage ofthe 'Belgica' Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole (1900) 301 Robert Falcon Scott, The Voyage ofthe 'Discovery'... With 260 füll page and smaller illustrations by Dr. E. A. Wilson and other members ofthe expedition ... panoramas and maps (1905) 319 Robert Edwin Peary, Nearest tlie Pole. A Narrative ofthe Polar Expedition ofthe Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 (1907) 347 Further Reading 373 Notes 391 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION 1835-1910 Volume 2 NORTH AMERICA Edited by William Baker l v A A *? V -syo Universitätsbibliothek Bern Zentraibibliothek 2007 LONDON PICKERING & CHATTO 2003 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix Sir Charles Lyell, A Second Visit to die l hiited States of North America (1849) 1 Alexander Mackay, The Western World; or, Travels in the l 'nited States in 1846-47: Exhibiting them in their Latest Development Social, Political, and Industrial: Induding a Chapter on California (1849) Z3 George F. Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and die Rocky Mountains (1849) 41 Isabella Lucy Bird [later Bishop], The Englishwoman in America (1856) 59 William Ferguson, America by River and Rad: or, Notes by die Way on die New World and its People (1856) 79 Thomas H. Gladstone, Kansas; or, Squatter Life and Border Warfare in die Far West (1857) 99 Clara Bromley, A Woman's Wanderings in the Western Worid: A Series of Letters Addressed to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P. by his Daughter Mrs. Bromley (1861) "" 109 Samuel Phillips Day, Down South; or, An Englishman's Experience at die Seat ofthe American War (1862) ^ 121 Robert Ferguson, America During and After die War (1866) 145 Sir William Francis Butler, The Great Lotte Land: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in die North-West of America (1872) 165 Wyndham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven, The Great Divide: Travels in die Upper Yeltowstone in the Summer of 1874 (1876) 183 George Jacob Holyoake, Among die Americans and a Stranger in America (1881) ' ' 207 George Augustus Sala, America Revisited: From the Bay ofNeiv York to the Gulfof Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to die Pacific (1883) 223 Emily Faithfull, Three Visits to America (1884) 239 vi Nineteenth-Century Travels, Exploration and Empires: Volume 2 E. Catherine Bates, A Year in the Great Republic (1887) 257 Sir E. W. Watkin, Canada and the States: Recollections 1851 to 1886 (1887) 273 William Garden Blaikie, Summer Suns in the Far West: A Holiday trip to the Pacific Slope (1890) 291 Alexander Craib, America and the Americans: A Narrative ofa Tour in the United States and Canada with Chapters on American Home Life (1892) 311 Eyre Crowe, With Thackeray in America (1893) 331 Lady Theodora Guest, A Round Trip in North America (1895) 345 William Archer, America To-Day: Observation and Reflections (1900) 359 Horace Annesley Vachell, Life and Sport on the Pacific Slope (1900) 373 Paul Fountain, The Great Deserts and Forests of North America, with a Preface by W. Hudson (1901) 397 James Bryce, 'America Revisited: The Changes ofa Quarter-Century,' Tlie Outlook, 25 March, 1905; 1 April, 1905 419 Alfred Rüssel Wallace, My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions (1908) 439 Further Reading 453 Notes 463 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION 1835-1910 Volume 3 INDIA Edited by Indira Ghose '-'•-^^ätsbibiiothekBttft centraibibliothek 2007 LONDON PICKERING Sc CHATTO 2003 CONTENTS Introduction ix Alexander Burnes, Travels into Boklmra; Being die Account of ajourney from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a I 'oyage on die Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presentsfrom the King of Great Britain; Performed under the Orders ofthe Supreme Govermem oj India, in die Years 1831, 1832, and 1833(1834) ' 1 Fanny Parks, Wanderings ofa Pilgrim in Search ofthe Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East; with Revelations of'Life in the Zenana (1850) 49 Richard Francis Burton, Scinde; or, the Utdiappy Valley (1851) 107 William Henry Sleeman, .4 Joiimey through die Kingdom ofOude, in 1849-50; by Direction ofthe Right Hon. die Earl ofDalliousie, Goveruor- General. With Private Correspondence relative to the Annexation qf'Oude to British India (1858) 161 [Mrs. G. Harris],^ Lady's Diary ofdie Siege ofl.ucknow, Writteiißr die Perusal ofFriends at Home (1858) 207 R. M. Coopland, A Lady's Escape from Gwalior and Life in die Eon oj'Agra during die Mutinies of1857 (1859) " " ' 258 William Howard Russell, My Diary in India, in du- year 1858-9 (1860) 291 Emily Eden, 'Up the Country': Letters written to her Sisterfrom die l "pper Provincesof India (1866) " 339 Emily Eden, Lettersfrom India, ed. by her Niece, the Hon. Eleanor Eden (1872) ' 374 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, India Under Ripon: A Private Diary (1909) 405 Further Reading 435 Notes 441 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION 1835-1910 Volume 4 THE FAR EAST Edited by Susan Schoenbauer Thurin Universitätsbibliothek B«m Zentraibibüothek 2007 LONDON PICKERING & CHATTO 2003 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi Introduction vü CHINA George Wingrove Cooke, China: Being 'Tlie Times' Special Correspondence from China in die Years 1857-58 (1859) 1 Capt. William Gill, RE, The River of Golden Sand: Tlie Narrative ofa Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, introductory essay byCol. Henry Yule.CB, RE(1880) ' 39 Constance Gordon Cumming, Wanderings in China (1886) 79 Archibald Linie, Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China (1888) 115 Mrs Archibald Little [A. E. N. Bewicke], Intimale China (1899) 155 JAPAN C. Pemberton Flodgson, A Residence at Nagasaki and Hakodate in 1859-1860 with an Account of Japan Generali)' [and] with a Series of Leiters on Japan, by His Wife (1861) 205 Arthur Adams, Travels ofa Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria (1870) 253 Edmund Gregory Holtham, Light Years in Japan, 1873-1881 (1883) 283 Major Henry Knollys, Skeldies ofLife in Japan (1887) 313 Hon. Lewis [Strange] Wingfield, Wanderings ofa Globe-Trotter in the Far East (1889) " 359 Further Reading 405 Notes 411 Index 425 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION
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