JOHN GADSBY My Wanderings Travels in the East in 1846-47 1850-51 1851-52 inc Map

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Publication Date: This version was printed in 1883.

The "Second Volume" Note: The small text at the bottom explicitly clarifies that this text is complete on its own for the first three journeys (1846–1853), but notes that a Second Volume had since been published to chronicle Gadsby's subsequent fourth and fifth tours to the East between 1855 and 1860.

Victorian Pricing: The lower margin lists the original retail cost: "Price in Cloth, with Coloured Map, 4s.; in Half-Calf, 6s. 8d." (four shillings for standard cloth binding, or six shillings and eightpence for a premium leather spine and corners).

Context of the Book

John Gadsby was a strict Calvinist Baptist publisher and lecturer. He framed his travels through places like Egypt, Jerusalem, and Smyrna not just as a tourist, but specifically to find physical, cultural, and geographical evidence that corroborated biblical scripture. This religious framing is why the edition proudly advertises containing "Illustrations of 2,000 Passages of Scripture