Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India 2 Volume Set
Including a Residence There, and Voyage Home, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28

First published in 1830, this pioneering work introduces readers to exotic locations and intriguing cultures.

Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood (Author)

9781108019187, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 21 October 2010

875 pages, 6 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 4.9 cm, 1.13 kg

Described by The Morning Post as exhibiting 'facilities of observation never before possessed by a European lady', Anne Katharine Elwood was the ideal narrator for an exotic and exciting travel journal. The first woman to travel overland to India, she acquired a reputation as a pioneer even before her diary was published. When it first appeared in 1830 this two-volume work attracted much comment and praise among critics and the general public alike. Elwood's account introduces readers to locations, cultures and sights as diverse as the duomo of Turin, a picnic at the Pyramids, and 'the private lives of Mahometan and Hindoo Ladies (hitherto a mystery)'. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=elwoan

Volume 1: Preface
1. Departure from England
2. Aix aux Bains
3. Turin
4. Pisa
5. Florence
6. Sienna
7. Rome
8. Departure from Rome
9. Naples
10. Embarkation in steam-packet
11. Sicilian Brigantino
12. Malta
13. Departure from Malta
14. Franks at Alexandria
15. Embarkation on the canal of Mahmoudieh
16. Grand Cairo
17. Arrival of Sir Hudson Lowe
18. Pic-nic at the Pyramids
19. Cangia
20. Life on the Nile, and scenery
21. Arrival at Thebes
22. Biban Ool Moolk
23. Memnonium
24. Kennè
25. Camseen
26. Takhtrouan, or native litter
27. Desert of the Thebaid
28. Adel Cashia
29. Cosseir
30. Embarkation on the Red Sea
31. Coast of the Hedjaz
32. Djidda
33. The George Cruttenden, a native vessel
34. Hodeida
35. Tournament at Hodeida
36. Difficult return to the ship
37. Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb
38. Landing in Bombay
39. Monsoon
40. Pareil, the Government House
41. Vegetable productions of Bombay
42. Devastation caused by termites, or white ants
43. House-rent at Bombay
44. Cocoa-nut-day at Bombay. Volume 2: 45. Description of an Anglo-Indian Ménage
46. Lizards
47. Religion of the Hindoos
48. Ancient religion of the Hindoos
49. Mythological personifications
50. Various castes and sects at Bombay
51. Gypsies perhaps derive their origin from exiled Parsees
52. Description of the Island of Bombay
53. Bombay society
54. Seasons of India different from those in Europe
55. Languages of India
56. Pattemars
57. State of Poorbunder
58. District of Okamundel, inhabited by a wild race of men
59. Bate
60. Journey from Mandavie to Bhooj
61. Province of Cutch
62. Jharejahs first conquered by Sir William Keir
63. Vale of Bhooj
64. Visit to the Ranee of Cutch
65. Climate of Cutch
66. Arrival and adventures of Captain Doria
67. Departure from Bhooj, and voyage to Surat
68. Bheels and Coolies, the original inhabitants of Guzerat
69. Difference between English and Indian travelling
70. Spenser's Folly
71. Excursion to the Island of Elephanta
72. Departure from Bombay
73. Ceylon
74. Early Portuguese discoveries
75. St. Helena
76. Shops at St. James's Town
77. Island of Ascension
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]