19th Century Popular Works continued

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William Saunders (1823-1895).

Through the Light Continent: or, the United States in 1877-8.
  London; New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1879.

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Sir George Campbell (1824-1892).

White and Black: the Outcome of a Visit to the United States.
  New York: R. Worthington, 1879.



The American Civil War and its aftermath was of great interest to British travelers.  Robert Ferguson came to America in 1864, visiting Union Army camps and other sites, and made a return visit to America at the end of the war in 1865.  William Saunders, a British newspaper publisher and politician, traveled throughout the country, describing the American landscape, economy, and people.  He also discussed the changes to the South following the fall of slavery.  George Campbell, a British administrator who spent a large part of his life in India, was interested in the relationships between the races, prompting him to visit and write about his travels post-war America.

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888).

Travels in the United States in 1847.
  Translation and introductory essay by Michael Aaron Rockland.  Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970.

 
This work is a translation of Estados Unidos, originally published in 1849 as a part of Sarmiento's Viajes en Europa, Africa i América.  Sarmiento was a writer and diplomat who became Argentina’s ambassador to the United States from 1865 to 1868, and Argentina’s president in 1868.

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Mark Twain (1835-1910).

Following the Equator: a Journey Around the World.  Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1897.

Roughing It.  New York; London: Harper, 1904, 1871. Volumes 1-2.

Mark Twain’s works, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, are considered staples of American literature.  Twain’s humor is evident in his descriptions American life throughout his works.  While known for his fiction, Twain also published several travelogues, including the semi-autobiographical Roughing It, and Following the Equator Roughing It was, according to Twain, “a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing” through Nevada and the American West.  Following the Equator starts with Twain in Paris, with a brief stop in America and the Hawaiian Islands, before an ocean voyage touring the British Empire in a trip around the world. 

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John Melish (1771-1822).

Travels through the United States of America in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810 & 1811, including an Account of Passages betwixt America & Britain, and Travels through Various Parts of Britain, Ireland and Canada. With Corrections and Improvements till 1815… New York: Johnson Reprint Corp., 1970.


“The journal of a traveler, when judiciously compiled, presents a living picture of the state of the country through which he passes…”- Preface

Travels through the United States of America was the first published work of John Melish, a Scottish cartographer whose map-rich narrative caught the eye of President Thomas Jefferson.  Melish moved to America in 1811, publishing Travels through the United States of America by 1812, with another edition in 1818, reprinted here.  He is considered one of the early great American cartographers.

 

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