Travels on the Continent
Written for the Use and Particular Information of Travellers
Published on 21. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
866 pages
978-1-108-05475-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mariana Starke (1762-1838) was an ideal travel guide: she lived and travelled in Italy for much of the 1790s and had a truly practical mind, predicting perfectly what a traveller might need to know about both the journey and the destination. Travels on the Continent, first published in 1820, was partly based on her earlier bestseller Travels in Italy (also reissued in this series) but featured completely updated information based on extensive research during the late 1810s. Noting the latest improvements in transport and accommodation, which had both become more comfortable in Europe during the previous thirty years, the guide covers most of mainland Europe. For each popular route Starke offers itineraries and journey times, as well as recommendations for sightseeing and the best inns. In particular, she offers advice to the many travellers of the time who sought to improve their health through a change of climate.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1198 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-05475-1 (9781108054751)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction; 1. France; 2. Switzerland, the Simplon, Milan, etc.; 3. Florence; 4. Florence (cont.); 5. Pisa; 6. Genoa, Nice, Turin, Leghorn, Lucca, etc.; 7. Siena and Rome; 8. Rome; 9. Tivoli, Frascati, Palestrina, and Albano; 10. Naples; 11. Environs of Naples; 12. Return to England, though Germany; Appendix; Alphabetical list of towns, rivers, gulfs, islands, etc.; Index.