1st Edition

The Modern Traveller, part 4 (5-vol. EP set)

Edited By Noriyuki Harada
2200 Pages
by Routledge

This is the fourth part of a successful facsimile series which reprints The Modern Traveller , originally published in 30 volumes between 1825 and 1829. Edited by Josiah Conder, the editor of journals like The Eclectic Review or The Patriot , The Modern Traveller was a successful series of travel books published just prior to Britain’s transport revolution which saw the development and... Read more

Vol. 20: Africa 1
General View of Africa / Discoveries of the Ancients / Discoveries of the Portuguese / Formation of the Royal African Company / Divisions of Africa, Ancient and Modern / Tripoli / History of Tripoli / Route from Tripoli to Bengazi / Lebida / Bengazi (Berenice) / From Bengazi to Cyrene / Teuchira / Ptolemeta / Cyrene / History of Cyrene / Apollonla / Derna / Marmarca, The / Character and Customs of the Arabs of Barca / Tunis / Ruins of Carthage / History of Carthage / From Tunis to Jerba / Susa / Kairwan / Bizerta / Tabarca / Algiers, Kingdom of / Bona (Hippo Regius) / La Cala / Constantina / Algiers, City of / Bombardment of Algiers by the British Fleet under Admiral Lord Exmouth / Constitution of the Algerine Government / Treatment of the Christian Slaves / Province of Tlemsan / Shershell (Julia Caesarea) / Oran / Tlemsan (or Tremesen) / Description of the Numidian Atlas / Morocco, History of / Morocco, Boundaries and Physical Geography / Territorial Subdivisions / Tangier / Tetuan / Larache / Sallee

Vol. 21: Africa 2
Route from Tangier to Fez / Mequinez / City Of Fez / From Rabat to Modore / From Mododore to Morocco / City of Morocco / From Fez to Oushda / From Santa Cruz to Tarudant / Mount Atlas / From Tripoli to Mourzouk / Sockna / Black Mountains / Mourzouk / Manners and Customs of Fezzan / From Mourzouk to Germa and Ghraat / Zuela / The Tibboos / From Tagerhy to Kouka / Boundaries and Present State of Bornou / From Kouka to Mandara / From Kouka to Loggun / Begharmi / Dar Foor / From Kouka to Kano / Kano / From Badagry to Boussa / Katunga / Kiama / Boussa

Vol. 22: Africa 3
Boussa / From Boussa to Kano / From Kano to Dunrora / From Kano to Soccato / Soccatoo / History of the Fellatah Sovereignty / Manners and Customs of the Fellatahs / Foolah States of Senegambia / Timbuctoo / Source of the Niger / Sources of the Gambia and Rio Grande / Source of the Falemme / Source of the Senegal / Senegamibia / Kingdom of Galam (Or Kajaaga) / Country of Bambook / Gold Mines of Bambook / The Yolofs / Kingdom of Woolli / Kingdom of Bondoo / Portuguese Coast / Bissao / The Feloops / The Bisagoes, or Bijugas, & C / Sierra Leone / History of the English Colony / Freetown / Languages Spoken in the Colony / The Timmanees / Institution of the Purrah / The Kourankoes / The Soollmlas / The Mandingoes / Windwar Coast / Colony of Liberia / Gold Coast / Fernando Po / Ashantee / Cape of Good Hope / History of the Cape Settlement / Statistical View of the Colony / Cape Town / Gnadenthal / Bethelsdorp / Eastern Coast

Vol. 23: North America 1
General Statistical View of North America / Boundaries and General Divisions of the United States / Statistical and Historical View of the Aboriginal Nations / Physical Geography of North America / Description of the Great Lakes / The Mississippi / The Missouri / The Colombia / Tabular View of the Rivers of North America / Botanical Geography of the United States / General View of the American Confederacy / Tabular View of the Area and Population of the United States / History of the Discovery of North America / Settlement of Virginia / Settlement of New England / Settlement of New York / Settlement of New Jersey and Delaware / Settlement of Pennsylvania / Settlement of Maryland / Settlement of Carolina / Settlement of Georgia / Origin of the French War of 1755 / Siege of Quebec / Death of General Wolfe / Origin of Disputes with the Mother Country / Convention of the First Congress / Affairs of Lexington and Bunker's Hill / Politic Conduct and Tactics of Washington / Surrender of General Burgoyne / Independence of the United States Acknowledged by France / Horrible Effects of the Civil War / Surrender of Cornwallis / Peace between Great Britain and the United States / Adoption of a New Constitution / Presidency of Washington / Presidency of Adams / Death and Character of Washington / Presidency of Jefferson / Origin of the Second American War / Naval Contests / Advance of the British to Washington / Unsuccessful Attempt upon Baltimore / Defeat of the British at New Orleans / Restoration of Peace / General View of the Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the American Republic / Revenue of the United States / Topographical Description- New York / Erie and Champlain Canals / Population and Public Institutions of New York / Environs of New York / From New York to Lake Champlain / Valley of the Hudson / Albany / Saratoga and Balston Spa / Lake George / Lake Champlain / From Albany to Niagara / Falls of Niagara / Tuscarora Indians / Welland Canal / Boston / Harvard College / Rise and Progress of Unitarianism in America / Character of the Bostonians / Burke's Panegyric upon the New Englanders / Humorous Description of the Yankees / True Character of the New Englanders / General View of New England / Annual Cattle-Show of Massachusetts /State of Society, and Condition of Women in New England / Climate of New England / Valley of the Connecticut / Newhaven / Yale College / Princeton College / Andover College / Cornwall Theological Seminary / Constitution and Government of Connecticut

Vol. 24: North America 2
Philadelphia / Population of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia System of Prison Discipline / Causes of the Increase of Crime in the United States / Public Institution at Philadelphia / State of Literature in Philadelphia / Manner of the Americans / Environs of Philadelphia / From Lake Erie to Philadelphia / Wyoming / Moravian Settlements / Baltimore / Washington / House of Representatives / President's Levee / Constitution and Spirit of the Federal Government / Character of the First Six Presidents / Mount Vernon / From Washington to Richmond / The Rock Bridge / From Washington to Charleston / Charleston / Character and Effects of Slavery in America / From Charleston to New Orleans / Creek Indians / New Orleans / The Balize / From Natchez, through the Indian Territory to Richmond / Indian Ball-Play / Missionary Settlement at Elljot / Customs and Tradition of the Indians / Brainerd in the Cherokee Territory / Tennessee / Kentucky / Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi / Louisville / Character of the Kentuckians / The Western States / Missouri / British America, General View of / Newfoundland / Nova Scotia / Canada / Qubec / Montreal / Kingston

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Edited by Noriyuki Harada