'How is the mind agitated and bewildered, at being thus, as it
were, placed on the borders of a new world!' - William Bartram
'Thus you see, dear sister, the manners of mankind do not differ so
widely as our voyage writers would have us believe.' - Mary Wortley
Montagu With widely varied motives - scientific curiosity,
commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism -
British travellers fanned out to every corner of the world in the
period the Critical Review labelled the 'Age of Peregrination'. The
Empire, already established in the Caribbean and North America, was
expanding in India and Africa and founding new outposts in the
Pacific in the wake of Captain Cook's voyages. In letters,
journals, and books, travellers wrote at first-hand of exotic lands
and beautiful scenery, and encounters with strange peoples and
dangerous wildlife. They conducted philosophical and political
debates in print about slavery and the French Revolution, and their
writing often affords unexpected insights into the writers
themselves. This anthology brings together the best writing from
authors such as Daniel Defoe, Celia Fiennes, Mary Wollstonecraft,
Olaudah Equiano, Mungo Park, and many others, to provide a
comprehensive selection from this emerging literary genre. ABOUT
THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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