Travels in the United States, etc. During 1849 and 1850

Engaging and informative, Lady Emmeline's journals describe her mid-nineteenth century travels and her impressions of America and its people.

Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (Author)

9781108003377, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 September 2009

332 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg

Published in 1851, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley's account of her travels through the Americas during the mid nineteenth century represents an early example of the travel writing genre. The United States was becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination for Europeans at this time, and Lady Emmeline's writings present a quintessentially British impression of America and its people. This third and final volume records her journeys through Panama to Lima, describing in detail the architecture, climate, people and scenery of Peru, and her onward journey to Kingston, Jamaica. Written in an engaging and conversational tone, the volumes are both informative and entertaining, fulfilling the author's aim to 'amuse' with 'the gossip of travel.'

1. Monarchy and democracy
2. Intention to go to Lima
3. The probable future of Panama
4. Arrival at Lima announced
5. Cherimoyas
6. Site of old Callao
7. The Great Plaza
8. Signal instance of the heroism of a lady
9. Manco Capac and his wife
10. About to leave Lima
11. The voyage from Peru to Panama
12. Peru
13. Departure from Peru
14. The hotel at Cruces.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]