Name British Travel Writing: Women's Travel Writing, 1780–1840
Online Source https://www.british-travel-writing.org/
Description

This project aims to restore visibility to 139 women who published travel books as authors, co-authors, contributors, letterpress writers, editors, and translators during a period in which women’s travel writing became established in Britain and Ireland.

Citation

British Travel Writing: Women's Travel Writing, 1780–1840. University of Wolverhampton, 2014, www4.wlv.ac.uk/btw/.

Titles

Displaying 251–275 of 318

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
15175 Switzerland, as Now Divided into Nineteen Cantons; Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes, Local Customs, and a Description of the Present State of the Country. The Cantons Are Severally Described, and Also the County of Neuchatel, the Republic of Geneva, the Boundaries, & New Road over the Simplon, with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings of the Costume. To Which Is Added a Short Guide to Travellers. By A. Yosy. Yosy , Ann
John Booth (London)
1815
13683 The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America. Traill , Catharine Parr
Charles Knight (Windsor)
1836
15155 The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America. Second Edition. Traill , Catharine Parr
Charles Knight (Windsor)
1836 Second Edition.
13684 The Beauties of Leamington Priors and Its Environs; to Which Is Added a Series of Remarkable and Well-Authenticated Cures Performed by the Celebrated Waters of Its Spa; Rules of the Charity, Distance of Rides, &c. &c. With Plate. By Sarah Medley, Author of Original Poems Sacred and Miscellaneous, &c. &c. Medley , Sarah
Ebenezer Heathcote [Saltisford] (Warwick)
1813
14962 The Captive American; comprising an account of the sufferings of Mrs. Johnson, during four years with the Indians and French. The author, Mrs. Johnson, now Mrs. Hastings, is still living in Charlestown, Newhampshire, and first published her Narrative at Walpole in Newhampshire in the year 1796. --The sufferings she met with during her captivity, she bore with a degree of magnanimity that will astonish the reader while he peruses the following pages. Johnson , Susannah Willard
1803
6984 The captive American; or a narrative of the sufferings of Mrs. Johnson, during four years captivity, with the Indians and French. Written by herself. Johnson , Susannah Willard
1797
1528 The East India Sketch-Book: comprising an Account of the Present State of Society In Calcutta, Bombay, &c. In Two Volumes. Smith , Elizabeth Bruce Elton
Richard Bentley (London)
1832
1530 The East India Sketch-Book. By A Lady. Second Series. In Two Volumes. Smith , Elizabeth Bruce Elton
Richard Bentley (London)
1833
6418 The Female Spy; or Mrs. Tonkin’s Account of Her Journey through France, at the Express Order of the Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox, Secretary of State. Tonkin , Mary
1783
10361 The Happy Travellers; or, a Trip to France. For the Amusement of Young Persons. By F. B. Vaux, Author of “Domestic Pleasures,” &c. Vaux , Frances Bowyer
William Darton, Joseph Harvey, and Samuel Darton (London)
1817
15104 The Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen’s Land: Comprising a Description of that Colony during a Six Months’ Residence. From Original Letters, Selected by Mrs. A. Prinsep. Prinsep , Augustus
George Smith, Alexander Elder and Co. (London)
1833
14992 The Land Log-Book; a Compilation of Anecdotes and Occurrences Extracted from the Journal Kept by the Author, during a Residence of Several Years in the United States of America. Containing Useful Hints to Those Who Intend to Emigrate to that Country. By Sarah Hoding. Hoding , Sarah
Simpkin, Marshall and Co. (London)
1836
14449 The Lowestoft Guide: Containing a Descriptive Account of Lowestoft and Its Environs. By a Lady. Embellished with Engravings Unknown , [Woman]
1812
14549 The Terra Incognita of Lincolnshire; with Observations, Moral, Descriptive, and Historical, in Original Letters, Written (Purposely for the Improvement of Youth) during the Months of May and October, 1815. By Miss Hatfield, Author of Letters on the Importance of the Female Sex, with Observations on Their Manners and Education; and of the Theology and Mythology of the Ancient Pagans, Dedicated to the Purpose of Female Instruction. Hatfield , Sarah
George and Samuel Robinson (London)
Gale and Fenner (London)
1816
14980 The Terra Incognita of Lincolnshire; with Observations, Moral, Descriptive, and Historical, in Original Letters, Written (Purposely for the Improvement of Youth) during the Months of May and October, 1815. By Miss Hatfield, Author of Letters on the Importance of the Female Sex, with Observations on Their Manners and Education; and of the Theology and Mythology of the Ancient Pagans, Dedicated to the Purpose of Female Instruction. Third Edition. Hatfield , Sarah
1832 Third Edition.
642 The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of all the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors, and arranged by Catherine Hutton. Vol. I. Hutton , Catherine
Baldwin, C. Cradock, and W. Joy (London)
1819
15526 The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of all the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors, and arranged by Catherine Hutton. Vol. II Hutton , Catherine
Baldwin, C. Cradock, and W. Joy (London)
1821
15527 The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of all the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors, and arranged by Catherine Hutton. Vol. III Hutton , Catherine
Baldwin, C. Cradock, and W. Joy (London)
1821
14998 The Widowed Missionary's Journal; Containing Some Account of Madagascar; and Also, a Narrative of the Missionary Career of the Rev. J. Jeffreys; Who Died on a Passage from Madagascar to the Isle of France, July 4, 1825, Aged 31 Years. By Keturah Jeffreys. Jeffreys , Keturah
1827
15209 The Young Northern Traveller; or, The invalid restored. Containing a tour through northern Europe, with historical and biographical anecdotes. By Mrs. Hofland, Author of the Clergyman's Widow; Merchant's Widow; Blind Farmer; &c. &c. Hofland , Barbara
A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1835
11233 The Young Northern Traveller; or, The invalid restored. Containing a tour through northern Europe, with historical and biographical anecdotes. By Mrs. Hofland, Author of the Clergyman's Widow; Merchant's Widow; Blind Farmer; Barbadoes Girl; Affectionate Brothers; Sisters; Good Grandmother; Panorama of Europe; Young Crusoe; Daughter-in-law; William and His Uncle Ben; Stolen Boy; Elizabeth and Her Three Beggar Boys; Alicia and Her Aunt, &c. &c. New Edition, with Additions and Alterations. Hofland , Barbara
A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1830 New edition, with Additions and Alterations.
15208 The Young Northern Traveller; or, the Invalid Restored. Containing a Tour Through Northern Europe, with Historical and Biographical Anecdotes. By Mrs. Hofland, Author of the Clergyman's Widow; Merchant's Widow; Blind Farmer; Barbadoes Girl; Affectionate Brothers; Sisters; Good Grandmother; Panorama or Europe; Young Crusoe; Daughter-in-Law; &c. &c. New Edition, with Additions and Alterations. Hofland , Barbara
A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1829 New Edition, with Additions and Alterations.
8383 The Young Northern Traveller. Being A Series of Letters From Frederic To Charles, During A Tour Through The North Of Europe. By Mrs. Hofland, Author Of The Merchant’s Widow And Family; Panoram Of Europe; Clergyman's Widow And Family; The Daughter-In-Law; The Barbadoes Girl; Affectionate Brothers, &c. New Edition Hofland , Barbara
A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1825 New Edition.
10969 The Young Northern Traveller. Being a Series of Letters from Frederick to Charles, during a Tour through the North of Europe. By the Author of The Officer’s Widow and Family; The Clergyman’s Widow and Family; The Daughter-in-Law, &c. Hofland , Barbara
Minerva Press, A. K. Newman and Co. (London)
1813
11123 The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell’s Return to the East, and His Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petræa, &c. &c. By Mrs. Hofland, Author of “Alfred Campbell, or the Young Pilgrim,” “The Son of a Genius,” &c. &c. Hofland , Barbara
John Harris [1802-1819, 1824-1843] (London)
1826