The discovery of Britain; the English tourists, 1540 to 1840.

Main entry:

Moir, Esther.

Title & Author:

The discovery of Britain; the English tourists, 1540 to 1840.

Publication:

London, Routledge & K. Paul [1964]

Description:

xvi, 183 pages illustrations 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-178).
1. Ars peregrinandi : the art of travel -- 2. A looking-glass of Britain : the Tudor topographers -- 3. Ecclesiology and science : the seventeenth-century tourists -- 4. A planted garden : Celia Fiennes and Daniel Defoe -- 5. Romans and Goths : William Stukeley and the antiquarians -- 6. Stately homes : the round of country houses -- 7. The pursuit of a terrestrial paradise : the round of gardens -- 8. Horrid and sublime : mills, mines and furnaces -- 9. Landscape with figures : Arthur Young and William Cobbett -- 10. The picturesque and the romantic : the wye and north Wales -- 11. The playground of England : the lakes.

Subject:

Tourism Great Britain History.
Travelers Great Britain.
Voyageurs Grande-Bretagne.
Tourism
Travel
Travelers
Tourisme
1540-1840
Great Britain Description and travel.
Grande-Bretagne Descriptions et voyages.
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293355
Call No.: BIB 238199
Status: Available

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