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1st Edition

Ireland in the 19th Century through Travellers' Guides

Edited By Shunsuke Katsuta

2400 Pages

by Routledge

Description

With the Act of Union in 1801, the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland was formed and the relationship between the two nations expanded and deepened not only politically, but also socially and industrially. The British interest in Ireland grew fast and for various reasons, people started travelling widely from Britain to Ireland. This collection contains facsimile reprints of travel guides... Read more

Table of Contents

Volume 1:

The Travellers Guide through Ireland/ or, a Topographical Description of that Kingdom

Rev. Jo. Robertson

Edinburgh & London: Denham & Dick - Vernon, Hood, and Sharp, 1806, c.350 pp., incl. a fold-out, hand-coloured map.

Volume 2:

The Traveller's New Guide through Ireland

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, c. 580 pp. incl. a fold-out map

Volume 3:

A Hand Book for Travellers in Ireland, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Towns, Seats, Antiquities, etc., with Various Statistical Tables…

James Fraser

Dublin: William Curry, 1844, c. 748 pp., incl. a fold-out map

Volume 4:

The Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland in 1852, 2nd ed.

London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852, c.200 pp., incl. 3 fold-out maps

Volume 5:

Black's Tourist's Guide to Ireland, 19th ed.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1886, c. 478 pp. incl. 4 fold-out maps

Editor(s)

Biography

Professor Shunsuke Katsuta, University of Tokyo, Japan

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