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Category Archives: Travel
Life of a Fern Hunter
Snippets 213. The following quote is taken from Over the Sea and Far Away, by Thomas Woodbine Hinchcliff, published in 1876: Of all regions that I have as yet seen in the world there is nothing comparable to this Brazilian … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Journals, Nature, Snippets, Travel
Tagged Brazil, Over the Sea and Far Away, Thomas Woodbine Hinchcliff
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A Love of Adventure
Guest Post 17. In the last half of the 19th century, if your surname was Lowther and you were male, you were most likely to be well-off, or even rich. The most famous Lowther, Hugh Cecil Lowther, the 5th Earl of … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Guest Posts, History, Travel
Tagged Airships, Cecil Lowther, Clement-Bayard, Cowboys, Scots Guards
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Giant Feet and Rhinoceros Gums
Max of the Month 7. When reading non-fiction books from the 19th Century, one finds no shortage of great writers who have now been largely forgotten. However, occasionally a writer comes to light whose work is so entertaining, and who … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Britain, History, Humor, Humour, Max of the Month, People, Travel
Tagged John Bull and His Island, Max O'Rell, Women in history
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The Killer Leaf
Snippets 212. Thomas Woodbine Hinchcliff was a mountaineer, explorer and travel writer, who served as President of the London-based Alpine Club, the first mountaineering club in the world, between 1875 and 1877. During that time one of his several travel … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Journals, Nature, Snippets, Travel
Tagged Alpine Club, Brazil, Over the Sea and Far Away, Rio, Thomas Woodbine Hinchcliff
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Travel Journals Book – out now!
I am pleased to announce that ten years of work have finally come to fruition with the publication of Windows into History: An exploration of 19th Century Travel Journals. Now available to buy from Lulu, Windows into History is the … Continue reading
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The Elopement
or How the Cowboy Baronet acquired a nickname Guest Post 16. How often have you picked up an old book particularly an autobiography, long out of print, and been so taken with the story that you have thought “why has … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, Guest Posts, History, Travel
Tagged Adventure, Cowboys, Genille Cave-Brown-Cave
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The Soiled Doves
Windows into Japan 9. All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end. I hope this has been an … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Japan, Travel
Tagged L C Goodwin, Prostitution, Yokohama
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The Japanese Home
Windows into Japan 8. All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end. The following quote is from Japan … Continue reading
Lovely Meal, Achy Back
Windows into Japan 7. All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end. The following quote is from Jottings … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Japan, Travel
Tagged Simon Adler Stern, Tokyo
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The Village of Babies
Windows into Japan 6. All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end. The following quote is from Jottings … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Japan, Travel
Tagged Fujita, Homura, House of the Hundred Steps, Simon Adler Stern, Yokohama
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Windows into History 