Free (Kindle) Traveller's Eye: Seven Centuries of Adventure [Vintage Travel History]

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The Traveller's Eye: Seven Centuries of Adventure by the late British author Dorothy Carrington (Wikipedia, obituary @ The Guardian), a lifelong expat who was a leading authority on Corsican history and culture, is her vintage travel and travelogue history, drawing upon period accounts to explore the journeys of various English travellers from the Tudor Age through to the modern era (circa the 1940s) and their experiences going to and from various locales as well as what they found there and how they viewed it, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1949 by The Pilot Press.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
Dorothy Carrington covers over four continents and five oceans.

From East to the West, she describes the journeys of some of the world's greatest travel writers.

This collection describes the travels of pioneering Englishmen from the Tudor times to the present day.

The English travellers ventured from their home country for various reasons: some to seek wealth, some to acquire a better learning, others to seek luxury; in general, a higher standard of civilisation was sought.

Through these journeys, accidental discoveries were made. This inevitably led to the desire to conquer these lands and place them under British rule.

The accounts of various travel writers portray their thoughts and perceptions in intricate detail. The treatment of people and the discovery of very uncivilised populations are accounted, along with these people’s adaptations with the arrival of the English.

The travel writer’s journey during these times were harsh. Conditions faced and times taken to travel from one destination to another are vividly detailed. Often many died from illnesses acquired or simply from nature’s harshness. Their diaries tell their stories; accounts form these are appropriately quoted in Carrington’s book.