The Gallery of Geography. A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour of the World.

Title

The Gallery of Geography. A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour of the World.

Description

5 volumes with an engraved title,showing the total world. The Gallery of Geography, a Pictoral and Descriptive Tour of the World, by the Rev. Thomas Milner, M.A., Author of the Gallery of Nature. With 36 double-page coloured maps, 17 steel engraved plates and numerous woodcuts in the text. Altogether 1000 pages. Much enlarged compared to the first edition of 1864. With views of Basel, Belgrade, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Cologne, Constantinople, Liverpool, New York, Paris, St. Petersburg, Sydney etc..

c. 1884

Artist

Mackenzie

Historical Description

Historical travelogues not only take you to distant, incredible worlds, but also to time-related ideas and prejudices. It is exciting to see how people from different cultural backgrounds react to each other at different times. Especially when they describe the encounter in a completely subjective and idiosyncratic way. Travelogues from the 16th to the 20th century are subjective. They draw from a sprawling pool. In order not to bore the readers, the most famous and scientific ones - Humboldt, Seume, Goethe, Livingstone, Conrad - have been passed over. Then, on the one hand, they are unadulterated, honest, and possibly greatly exaggerate because they were aiming at the reader's favor. For many of the travel descriptions were bestsellers in their day. Exaggerations, lies, but also omissions were intended to increase the fame and honor of the travelers without disturbing their contemporaries too much in their view of the world.