THE fleet with the troops came to an anchor in the open sea, off this Creek, on the 25th of August, 1808.
Landing of the English troops in the Bay of Maceira.
Tag: Travel
Historical travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. The discovery of the world
Beja people from the Red Sea, Sudan. Famille de Bicharis.
Famille de Bicharis. Beja people from the Red Sea, Sudan. Auteur du Monde. Souvenirs de Voyages
An old woman tells sleepy stories. Mont Cenis. Nursing 1821.
Nursing at Mont Cenis. Infancy is ever the same in all countries. A child puts on the spectacles of age, an old woman tells sleepy stories.
French Postillion wearing sçavans, nankeen trousers and leather hat.
The mixture of self-conceit, noise, tawdry, and shifts, forming his composition, constitute a true and complete emblem of his countrymen’s natural accomplishments and qualities.