Buch, Englisch, 454 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 636 g
Buch, Englisch, 454 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 636 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-03991-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Published in 1876, this vivid, action-packed account describes the experiences of David Kennedy Jr (1849-85) as he toured the world with his musician father and family choir between 1872 and 1876 performing 'The Songs of Scotland'. Kennedy travelled through 'nearly every town and village in Australia, New Zealand and Canada', and over a three-year period wrote articles recording his impressions for publication in Edinburgh newspapers; this book is an edited and expanded compilation of those pieces. Kennedy describes places and events including Sydney Harbour, floods in Melbourne, the New Zealand volcanic country, a violent storm at sea, the cosmopolitan, frenetic atmosphere of San Francisco, the American trans-continental railway and a Canadian snowstorm. His closely observed vignettes of local society are particularly fine, and depict entertainments and pastimes, education and worship, and indigenous traditions as well as individuals such as innkeepers, stage-coach drivers, travellers, miners, and particularly his fellow Scots.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
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Preface
1. Arriving at Port Phillip
2. Ballarat
3. Sandhurst
4. A squatting-station
5. Overland from Melbourne to Sydney
6. Sydney and Sydney Harbour
7. Brisbane
8. Rockhampton
9. The New England district
10. A trip through Tasmania
11. South Australia
12. Voyage to New Zealand
13. A tour through Otago
14. Lake Wakatip
15. Perilous fording of the Waitaki
16. Wellington
17. Taranaki
18. The Waikato Valley
19. The volcanic country
20. Pierre's 'Maison de Repos'
21. Lake Taupo
22. Crossing the Manawatu Gorge
23. A flood in Melbourne
24. The Sandwich Island
25. California
26. The trans-continental railway
27. Crossing into Canada
28. Winter life in Ontario
29. Country churches in Ontario
30. Montreal
31. The maritime provinces
32. Newfoundland.
