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Originally published in hardcover in 2012.
Excerpt from A Tour Around the World in 1884, or Sketches of Travel in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres From my boyhood I had dreamed of a voyage around the world. I had stood on the sea-shore and looked upon the waves as they dashed at my feet in restless fury. I loved the grandeur and magnitude of the ocean; I loved to watch the ships from Savannah and New York come and go. I made my first sea voyage when a boy, and since that happy period my restless desire and love of adventure, the study of nature and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, have carried me to many distant shores. Europe three times in twelve years, the West Indies, Canada, and States of America, but increased my rambling propensities. My own country was youthful, but grand in the physical aspects of nature. Europe, with the accumulated knowledge of ages, its treasures of art and historic associations, added to my gratification and charmed me with its study. I desired to see even more of the world, to gain a more comprehensive idea of man in the various forms and stages of his civilization, to increase my knowledge and general information. God in his wisdom called me to sustain the irreparable loss of my beloved and devoted mother. I lingered in the shadow of her lamented death for nearly one year; my deep affliction, that found only support in prayer, was the occasion of my final decision. I was about to realize the fond hopes of my boyish anticipation. I cherished another desire, I had longed to be gratified with this love of travel, added to the occasion that prompted me to make a voyage around the world. It was, while living, to do some good. "We live in the deeds of life, and not in its years." We long to leave some monument of our faith and work behind. I Want these sketches to commemorate these sentiments. Fame, or worldly honor, is not my aim. A loftier desire prompts me to submit these sketches, imperfect as they are, or may appear to a critical or exacting public opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The fourth and final volume of the Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900, records the most volatile period in Hawaii's history. American business interests and the desire for a constitutional monarchy were pitted against the desire of the monarchs, King Kaläkaua and Queen Liliuokalani, to strengthen the power of the throne. The convulsions of the 1887 and 1889 revolutions were succeeded by the overthrow of the monarchy on January 17, 1893. Documents revealing the struggle over annexation, beginning in 1893, and the counterrevolution of 1895 are an important component of this volume. Annexation in 1898 was followed by a two-year period during which functions of government and laws were altered to conform to those of the United States. After the organic act became effective in 1900, vestiges of monarchical Hawaii disappeared and the history of the Territory of Hawaii unfolded. As with the previous volumes, Volume 4 is a record of printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious, cultural, or social history of the Hawaiian Islands. A valuable component of this series is the inclusion of newspaper and periodical accounts, and single-sheet publications such as broadsides, circulars, playbills, and handbills. Entries are extensively annotated, and also provided for each are exact title, date of publication, size of volume, collation of pages, number and type of plates and maps, references, and location of copies.
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Excerpt from A Tour Around the World in 1884, or Sketches of Travel in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres I have no wife nor children, good or bad, to provide for. A mere Spec tator of other men's fortunes and adventures, and how they play them parts, which, methinks, are diversely presented unto me, as from a common theater or scene. - Burton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.