Description
Book SynopsisAnnie, Lady Brassey (18391887) was an English travel writer best known for her accounts of ocean journeys undertaken with her family. This volume, first published in 1878, contains Brassey's best-selling account of her family's circumnavigation in the steam yacht Sunbeam, describing exotic locations and domestic life on board.
Table of Contents1. Farewell to Old England; 2. Madeira, Teneriffe, and Cape de Verde Islands; 3. Palma to Rio de Janeiro; 4. Rio de Janeiro; 5. The River Plate; 6. Life on the pampas; 7. More about the Argentine Republic; 8. River Plate to Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan; 9. Sandy Point to Lota Bay; 10. Chili; 11. Santiago and Valparaiso; 12. Valparaiso to Tahiti; 13. The South Sea Islands; 14. At Tahiti; 15. Tahiti to Sandwich Islands; 16. Hawaiian sports; 17. Honolulu; 18. Honolulu to Yokohama; 19. Yokohama; 20. Kioto, late Miaco; 21. The Inland Sea; 22. To Canton up the Pearl River; 23. From Macao to Singapore; 24. Singapore; 25. Ceylon; 26. To Aden; 27. Via Suez Canal; 28. 'Home'; Appendix.
