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Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 A Voyage Round the World in 500 Days, with Details
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Prospectus giving details of a proposed conducted tour: Giving an account of the principal parts to be visited, with a brief description of the scenery and all particulars connected with the undertaking.(Title page)

Notes

  • First published 1879.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1879
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Mackie, Brewtnall ,
      1800 .
      Extent: xi, 173 p., [11] leaves of plates (1 folded)p.
      Edition info: 2nd. ed.
      Description: illus., map.
      Note/s:
      • Compiled and arranged by G. Sutherland Dodman.

Works about this Work

A Voyage Round the World in 500 Days : An Unusual Prospectus for a Nineteenth Century Circumnavigation, Including Australia Neil A Radford , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , December vol. 27 no. 4 2002; (p. 102-114)
Examines the unusual prospectus, published by an otherwise-unknown Liverpool businessman, for a guided tour of the world including Australia. Radford concludes that the voyage probably never took place and that the descriptive detail of Australian ports was derived from secondary sources.
A Voyage Round the World in 500 Days : An Unusual Prospectus for a Nineteenth Century Circumnavigation, Including Australia Neil A Radford , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , December vol. 27 no. 4 2002; (p. 102-114)
Examines the unusual prospectus, published by an otherwise-unknown Liverpool businessman, for a guided tour of the world including Australia. Radford concludes that the voyage probably never took place and that the descriptive detail of Australian ports was derived from secondary sources.
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