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2. MANNERS AND MORALSPART VI. AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC; 1. PRIVATEERS, 1680-1744; 2. THE COOK EXPEDITIONS, 1768-1780; 3. COLONIZING NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1791; 4. THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES, 1796-1824; Explanatory Notes. By the end of the eighteenth century, British travellers had fanned out to every corner of the world, driven by widely varying motives: scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism. In letters, journals, and books, travellers wrote at first-hand of exotic lands and beautiful scenery, and of encounters with strange peoples and wildlife. This anthology brings together the best writing from authors such as Daniel Defoe, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah. Equiano, Mungo Park, Maria Nugent and many others, to provide a comprehensive selection from this emerging liter Contents; Introduction; Note on the Texts; Select Bibliography; Chronology; TRAVEL WRITING; PART I. EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR; 1. CLASSICAL GROUND; 2. DEBATING THE TOUR; 3. SOCIETY AND SENTIMENT; 4. REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM; 5. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK; PART II. THE BRITISH ISLES; 1. THE STATE OF THE NATION; 2. PICTURESQUE TOURISM; 3. SCOTLAND; PART III. AFRICA; 1. THE SLAVE TRADE, 1732-1789; 2. INFANT COLONY, 1794; 3. EXPLORERS, 1790-1822; PART IV. THE CARIBBEAN; 1. NATURAL HISTORY AND AESTHETICS; 2. WORKING TRAVELLERS; 3. PLANTERS; 4. LADIES; PART V. NORTH AMERICA; 1. SURVEYORS AND EXPLORERS.
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