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Description:The book is a comprehensive study of British travel in the United Provinces during the Stuart Period and largely based on journals and correspondence never before published. After a discussion of travel journals and correspondence as a literary genre with conventions of its own, the book focuses on the more concrete activities of the tourist: transport, accommodation and sightseeing. A large number of guidebooks provided the necessary information and helped the tourist to write his observations on Holland and the Dutch. Letters by Edward Browne (1644-1708), passages from the journal of John Locke (1632-1704) and the financial accounts of the third Earl of Orrery (1670-1703) take the reader through most of the provinces and give a first-hand impression of what travel was like for various categories of tourists in those days. This book is indispensable for all scholars of Anglo-Dutch relations in this period who are interested in learning about day to day experiences of Britons visiting Holland.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British Travellers in Holland During the Stuart Period: Edward Browne and John Locke As Tourists in the United Provinces (PUBLICATIONS OF THE SIR THOMAS BROWNE INSTITUTE, LEIDEN NEW SERIES). To get started finding British Travellers in Holland During the Stuart Period: Edward Browne and John Locke As Tourists in the United Provinces (PUBLICATIONS OF THE SIR THOMAS BROWNE INSTITUTE, LEIDEN NEW SERIES), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The book is a comprehensive study of British travel in the United Provinces during the Stuart Period and largely based on journals and correspondence never before published. After a discussion of travel journals and correspondence as a literary genre with conventions of its own, the book focuses on the more concrete activities of the tourist: transport, accommodation and sightseeing. A large number of guidebooks provided the necessary information and helped the tourist to write his observations on Holland and the Dutch. Letters by Edward Browne (1644-1708), passages from the journal of John Locke (1632-1704) and the financial accounts of the third Earl of Orrery (1670-1703) take the reader through most of the provinces and give a first-hand impression of what travel was like for various categories of tourists in those days. This book is indispensable for all scholars of Anglo-Dutch relations in this period who are interested in learning about day to day experiences of Britons visiting Holland.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British Travellers in Holland During the Stuart Period: Edward Browne and John Locke As Tourists in the United Provinces (PUBLICATIONS OF THE SIR THOMAS BROWNE INSTITUTE, LEIDEN NEW SERIES). To get started finding British Travellers in Holland During the Stuart Period: Edward Browne and John Locke As Tourists in the United Provinces (PUBLICATIONS OF THE SIR THOMAS BROWNE INSTITUTE, LEIDEN NEW SERIES), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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