Project Gutenberg 2008-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 56 Various Verschillende Various, Various Charton, Édouard 1807 1890 Charton, Edouard Le Tour du Monde; Indes Occidentales Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Le Tour du Monde; Indes Occidentales" by Various is a collection of travel writings created in the mid-19th century. The compilation features the observations and reflections of various authors, particularly focusing on the West Indies. Through elegant prose and insightful descriptions, the book covers the cultural, social, and natural landscapes of these islands, highlighting the lives of their inhabitants and the impact of historical events. The opening of the work introduces the island of Saint-Thomas, a crucial stop in the Caribbean, and explores the journey of author Anthony Trollope as he embarks on his travels. He arrives in the island after departing from England, noting its strategic importance as a hub for ships traveling throughout the region. Trollope engages with the contrasting towns of Kingston and Spanish Town in Jamaica, providing lively descriptions of the landscapes, the underwhelming conditions of the towns, and observations on the local population, including the dynamic between the white and black communities post-emancipation. His narrative sets the stage for discussions on the historical ramifications of colonialism and the evolving racial dynamics in the Caribbean. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Geography -- Pictorial works -- Periodicals Voyages and travels -- Periodicals Travelers -- Periodicals G Text FR Voyages et pays Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Travel & Geography 137162 136690 2024-09-11T05:49:16.290359 2023-09-11T09:11:50.944777 text/html text/html 132435 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2531673 2021-01-03T15:51:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1818023 2024-09-11T05:49:21.471321 application/epub+zip 1819099 2024-09-11T05:49:18.095343 application/epub+zip 108484 2024-09-11T05:49:16.929330 application/epub+zip 1737958 2024-09-11T05:49:23.788344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1727209 2024-09-11T05:49:20.566333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132809 2022-09-12T04:56:45.835262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121499 121220 2024-09-11T05:49:15.765342 2023-09-11T09:11:50.384680 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 119030 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44423 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19714 2024-09-11T05:49:23.937302 application/rdf+xml 15299 2024-09-11T05:49:17.298339 image/jpeg 3688 2024-09-11T05:49:17.111354 image/jpeg 2732381 2024-09-11T05:49:16.346356 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia