Victorian Explorer

Author : Tim Jeal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300178271
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorers of the Nile written by Tim Jeal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile (The Washington Post). Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet’s most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped “Dark Continent,” its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers. On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail—and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. “A fabulous story…old-fashioned epic adventure.”—The Sunday Times "Superb narrative…a must-read for anyone hoping to understand the internal dynamics of modern state-building in central Africa.”—Booklist

Author : William G. Stairs
Publisher : Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Explorer written by William G. Stairs and published by Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus. This book was released on 1994 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victorian Explorers and Travellers
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1801701385
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Explorers and Travellers - Collected Works (Illustrated) written by Victorian Explorers and Travellers and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian era witnessed a surge of interest in discovering and exploring the most ‘unknown’ regions of the world. Legendary names like Livingstone, Burton, Stanley, Kingsley, Franklin, Scott and Shackleton conjure in the mind of the modern reader a bygone age of limitless adventure and exotic new worlds. From the darkest depths of Africa to the exotic climes of the Far East; from the perilous jungles of the Americas to the chilling dangers of the Polar Regions, these daring men and women have bequeathed to us a treasure trove of true-life adventure stories. This comprehensive eBook presents the collected works of the most notable Victorian explorers and travellers, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the life and works of numerous explorers and travellers * Concise biographical introductions for each author * 79 books, with individual contents tables * A comprehensive range of explorers * Features rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Marianne North’s seminal autobiography * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: Part I: Explorers of Africa and the Middle East James Richardson (1809-1851) Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa (1853) Travels in Morocco (1859) David Livingstone (1813-1873) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857) A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone’s Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries (1865) Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa (1874) The Personal Life of David Livingstone (1880) by William Garden Blaikie Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Meccah (1855) First Footsteps in East Africa (1856) The Lake Regions of Central Africa (1860) The Guide-Book: A Pictorial Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (1865) Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo (1876) The Land of Midian (1879) To the Gold Coast for Gold (1883) The Jew, the Gypsy and El Islam (1898) Samuel Baker (1821-1893) The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon (1853) Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon (1855) The Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile (1866) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia (1867) Ismailia (1874) Cyprus as I Saw It in 1879 (1879) In the Heart of Africa (1886) Wild Beasts and Their Ways (1890) John MacGregor (1825-1892) A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe (1866) The Voyage Alone in the Yawl ‘Rob Roy’ (1867) John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (1863) What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (1864) James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) A Walk across Africa (1864) Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) How I Found Livingstone (1872) In Darkest Africa (1890) Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa (1893) Through South Africa (1898) Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) Travels in West Africa (1897) West African Studies (1899) John Henry Patterson (1867-1947) The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures (1907) With the Zionists in Gallipoli (1916) With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign (1922) Part II: Explorers and Travellers in the Far East Maria Graham (1785-1842) Journal of a Residence in India (1812) Journal of a Residence in Chile (1824) Journal of a Voyage to Brazil (1824) Marianne North (1830-1890) Recollections of a Happy Life (1894) Anna Leonowens (1831-1915) The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870) The Romance of the Harem (1873) Life and Travel in India (1884) Isabella Bird (1832-1904) The Englishwoman in America (1856) Notes on Old Edinburgh (1869) The Hawaiian Archipelago (1875) Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1879) A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither (1883) Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891) Among the Tibetans (1894) Korea and Her Neighbors (1898) Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs (1900) Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894) Out of the East (1895) Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life (1896) Gleanings in Buddha-Fields (1897) Exotics and Retrospectives (1898) Japanese Fairy Tales (1898) In Ghostly Japan (1899) Shadowings (1900) A Japanese Miscellany (1901) Kotto (1902) Kwaidan (1903) Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (1904) Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865-1924) Alone with the Hairy Ainu (1893) Corea or Cho-sen (1895) In the Forbidden Land (1898) Across Coveted Lands (1902) An Explorer’s Adventures in Tibet (1910) Across Unknown South America (1913) Part III: Explorers of the Polar Regions Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea (1824) Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea (1828) John Rae (1813-1893) Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 (1850) Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) Scott’s Last Expedition (1913) Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) South Pole (1912) Our Polar Flight (1925) Sir Ernest H. Shackleton (1874-1922) Shackleton in the Antarctic (1909) South (1920)

Author : Jennifer Laing
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845414586
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorer Travellers and Adventure Tourism written by Jennifer Laing and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel – based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change – is a major trend in future tourism. In particular, it analyses how romanticised myths of explorers form a foundation for how modern day tourists view travel and themselves. Its scope ranges from the 'Golden Age' of imperial explorers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, through the growth of adventure and extreme tourism, to possible future trends including space travel. The volume should appeal to researchers and students across a variety of disciplines, including tourism studies, sociology, geography and history.

Author : Monte Reel
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307742431
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Man and Beast written by Monte Reel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes, and tribal kings, Du Chaillu emerged with 20 preserved gorilla skins—two of which were stuffed and brought on tour—and walked smack dab into the biggest scientific debate of the time: Darwin's theory of evolution. Quickly, Du Chaillu's trophies went from objects of wonder to key pieces in an all-out intellectual war. With a wide range of characters, including Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Conan Doyle, P.T Barnum, Thackeray, and of course, Charles Darwin, this is a one of a kind book about a singular moment in history.

Author : Barbara Franchi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152750963X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing Borders in Victorian Travel written by Barbara Franchi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Victorian travellers define and challenge the notion of Empire? How did the multiple forms of Victorian travel literature, such as fiction, travel accounts, newspapers, and poetry, shape perceptions of imperial and national spaces, in the British context and beyond? This collection examines how, in the Victorian era, space and empire were shaped around the notion of boundaries, by travel narratives and practices, and from a variety of methodological and critical perspectives. From the travel writings of artists and polymaths such as Carmen Sylva and Richard Burton, to a reassessment of Rudyard Kipling’s, H. G. Wells’s and Julia Pardoe’s cross-cultural and cross-gender travels, this collection assesses a broad range of canonical and lesser-studied Victorian travel texts and genres, and evaluates the representation of empires, nations, and individual identity in travel accounts covering Europe, Asia, Africa and Britain.

Author : John Hanning Speke
Publisher : Edinburgh : W. Blackwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile written by John Hanning Speke and published by Edinburgh : W. Blackwood. This book was released on 1864 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kitty Pilgrim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439197245
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Explorer's Code written by Kitty Pilgrim and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton teams up with archaeologist John Sinclair to find a deed she inherited that is also being sought by a consortium of underworld criminals, a quest that results in a high-stakes chase.

Author : Andi Marie Cantele
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581579047
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorer's Guide New Jersey (Second Edition) written by Andi Marie Cantele and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this guide to the "Garden State" reveals the historic, cultural, and ecological diversity of the state. Includes extensive coverage of the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City. New Jersey is a state full of wonders to surprise curious travelers and residents alike. This guide leads you away from the busy interstate highways to reveal the cultural, historic, and geographical diversity that lies beyond the New Jersey Turnpike. For wine connoisseurs, there are more than 25 wineries that offer tours, tastings, and festivals; for history buffs, New Jersey, known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution," offers battlefield state parks, monuments, and reenactments. And that's not all: New Jersey's 127-mile shoreline has many diverse communities, including the historic Victorian seaside resort of Cape May, itself a national historic landmark; the casinos of Atlantic City; the natural beauty of Island Beach State Park, with sand dune-scattered, long, white beaches, nature trails, birding, surfing, and guided kayak tours; and the hip shore town of Red Bank, with art galleries, boutiques, bistros, and jazz clubs. In addition, this comprehensive guide to the state includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from diners to four-star restaurants; up-to-date maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, places of special value, and lodgings that accept pets.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756675111
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorers written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Throughout history, exploration has arisen from a wide range of impulses, from trade and the search for lands to colonize, to scientific curiosity and missionary zeal. This book tells the story of explorers of every type, from those chasing glory to those seeking enlightenment. In its pages, readers will meet some of history's most famous trail blazers-people whose courage opened frontiers, turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Each life is captured in context, by considering the knowledge of the world in which the explorers lived, the factors that gave rise to their expeditions, and the technology available to them at the time. Their discoveries, and the consequences, are also considered in depth, and highlighted with beautiful maps, photographs, and illustrations. The tales of the explorers' assistants and companions are woven into the overall story, along with an examination of the qualities that made the them drop everything in pursuit of discovery.