Description
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.
Table of Contents
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)
