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Without having seen the Queen : the 1846 European travel journal of Heinrich Schliemann : a transcription and annotated translation / edited by Christo Thanos & Wout Arentzen.

Van Pelt Library D919 .S35 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890.
Contributor:
Thanos, Christo, 1968-
Arentzen, Wout
Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
Language:
English
French
Italian
Subjects (All):
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890--Travel--Europe.
Schliemann, Heinrich.
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890. Diaries.
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890.
Travel.
Europe--Description and travel.
Europe.
Europe--Social life and customs--19th century.
Manners and customs.
Physical Description:
215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Leiden, The Netherlands : Sidestone Press, [2012]
Language Note:
Includes original text in English and French and English translations of French and Italian.
Summary:
"Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), a shrewd trader and later in life one of the best known archaeologists of the 19th century, made many travels around the world. He recorded his experiences in several diaries. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemann's first travel diary: his European journey in the winter of 1846/47. This journey was his first as a commercial trader and through the diary he kept we get to know Heinrich Schliemann more as a tourist and human being than as a trader. From his new residence in Moscow he travelled to London and Paris and via Berlin back to St. Petersburg. He writes with admiration and amazement about buildings and the emerging industrialization, while indirectly he offers us a glimpse of the poverty and filthiness of that time. He describes his visits to amongst others the theatre, the British Museum, the Champs Elysees, and the Louvre. Besides the many pleasant experiences, he also mentions negative aspects such as the theft of his hat and the seasickness that plagued him during every one of his sea voyages."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
ISBN:
9789088900877
9088900876
OCLC:
796763940
Publisher Number:
99954282770

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