Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India
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)

9781108019163, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

460 pages, 4 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 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 work attracted much praise from 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 'the private lives of Mahometan and Hindoo Ladies'. It was recommended by one critic as 'the most amusing book of travels we have read for a long time'. Volume 1 takes readers from England to Bombay via France, Italy, Malta and Egypt. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=elwoan

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.

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