In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties
14,000 Miles in the Sunbeam in 1883

A popular account of a voyage to the Caribbean in a steam yacht, describing exotic locations and domestic life.

Annie Brassey (Author)

9781108024563, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2010

576 pages, 283 b/w illus. 8 maps 1 table
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.72 kg

Anna, Lady Brassey (1839–1887) was an English travel writer and philanthropist best known for her vivid accounts of ocean journeys undertaken with her family. Her husband was a Civil Lord of the Admiralty who made many ocean voyages by steam yacht to test this new technology. Anna Brassey's description of these travels led to her becoming a best-selling author. In 1883 the Brasseys travelled to the Caribbean and back in the Sunbeam. Her account of the voyage, with many delightful illustrations, is vividly written in considerable detail. It mixes exotic descriptions with lively accounts of domestic life on board with her young family and dogs. Inconveniences are made light of, and she relishes new experiences and acquaintances, showing none of the condescension towards foreigners often exhibited by Victorian travellers. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=brasan

Preface
1. England to Madeira
2. Madeira
3. Madeira
4. Madeira
5. Madeira to Trinidad
6. Trinidad
7. Trinidad
8. Trinidad
9. Trinidad
10. Venezuela
11. Jamaica
12. Across Jamaica
13. Jamaica to the Bahamas
14. The Bahamas
15. Bahamas
16. Bahamas to Bermudas
17. Bermuda
18. Bermuda
19. Bermuda to the Azores
20. The Azores
Postscript
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]