My Circular Notes - J F Campbell (Hardback, 1876 1st ed.) world tour in 1870s

 

My Circular Notes. Extracts from Journals, Letters Sent Home, Geological and Other Notes, Written While Travelling Westwards Round The World, From July 6, 1874 to July 6, 1875. Two Volumes in One. 

A fascinating primary resource by a keen observer and linguist. John Francis Campbell was a Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies, and was considered an authority on the subject. From July 6, 1874 to July 6, 1875 he embarked on a trip across America to the West Coast, via ship to Japan, China, Java, India and Ceylon. From Tokyo theatres and Buddhist temples, to Hong Kong and pirates in the Canton sea area, Campbell's lucid commentaries on what he saw and ate, who he met with and the customs of the peoples he observed make this an important document of its time.

 

Hardback, b/w ill., 356pp. and 352pp., index

 

Condition: Ex-library: some flaws to endpapers, good to VG pages - minor marks to covers and sticker on spine, and good to VG pages. Library plate inside front, front endpaper missing and binding repair to frontispiece.

ISBN: N/A

 

Published:  London 1876, Macmillan

 

Weight: 900gms

 

Size: 22 x 15 cms.

 

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