Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 388 Holman, James 1786 1857 A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images provided by the Million Book Project "A Voyage Round the World, Volume I" by James Holman is a travel narrative written in the early 19th century. This engaging account chronicles the author's extensive travels across various continents, including Africa, Asia, and South America, during a period when exploration was both adventurous and enlightening. The book delves into Holman's unique challenges and experiences as a blind traveler, focusing on his adventures and how he cultivated his passion for exploration despite his visual impairment. The opening of the volume establishes Holman's deep-seated desire to travel and explore the world's diverse cultures, landscapes, and people. He shares his harrowing journey of coming to terms with his blindness and how this adversity fueled his quest to circumnavigate the globe. As he embarks on a voyage aboard the H.M.S. Eden, he embarks on an exciting adventure that will take him to places like Madeira and Sierra Leone. The narrative vividly describes his observations, interactions with local inhabitants, and his reflections on the impact of geographical and cultural differences, setting the stage for more explorations to come throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Voyages around the world G Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing 787051 2025-08-05T15:54:56.313009 text/html 758334 2024-10-28T19:35:52 text/html 421644 2025-08-05T15:55:06.692976 application/epub+zip 431393 2025-08-05T15:54:59.724956 application/epub+zip 348962 2025-08-05T15:54:58.327941 application/epub+zip 678339 2025-08-05T15:55:12.151927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 660567 2025-08-05T15:55:05.869971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505572 2022-09-06T21:14:18.728048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 744673 2025-08-05T15:54:55.170019 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 724793 2024-10-28T19:35:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16357 2025-08-05T15:55:12.288933 application/rdf+xml 11947 2025-08-05T15:54:58.891998 image/jpeg 2812 2025-08-05T15:54:58.635954 image/jpeg 405771 2025-08-05T15:54:56.381970 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia