Project Gutenberg 2008-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 293 Various Verschillende Various, Various Charton, Édouard 1807 1890 Charton, Edouard Le Tour du Monde; Indes Occidentales Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Le Tour du Monde; Indes Occidentales" by Various is a collection of travel writings created in the mid-19th century. The compilation features the observations and reflections of various authors, particularly focusing on the West Indies. Through elegant prose and insightful descriptions, the book covers the cultural, social, and natural landscapes of these islands, highlighting the lives of their inhabitants and the impact of historical events. The opening of the work introduces the island of Saint-Thomas, a crucial stop in the Caribbean, and explores the journey of author Anthony Trollope as he embarks on his travels. He arrives in the island after departing from England, noting its strategic importance as a hub for ships traveling throughout the region. Trollope engages with the contrasting towns of Kingston and Spanish Town in Jamaica, providing lively descriptions of the landscapes, the underwhelming conditions of the towns, and observations on the local population, including the dynamic between the white and black communities post-emancipation. His narrative sets the stage for discussions on the historical ramifications of colonialism and the evolving racial dynamics in the Caribbean. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Geography -- Pictorial works -- Periodicals Voyages and travels -- Periodicals Travelers -- Periodicals G Text FR Voyages et pays Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Travel & Geography Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other 137297 2025-06-10T13:25:12.137397 text/html 132435 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2531673 2021-01-03T15:51:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1843787 2025-06-10T13:25:20.012372 application/epub+zip 1844614 2025-06-10T13:25:16.016392 application/epub+zip 107483 2025-06-10T13:25:14.395340 application/epub+zip 1766261 2025-06-10T13:25:22.668331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1755590 2025-06-10T13:25:18.850344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132809 2022-09-12T04:56:45.835262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121499 2025-06-10T13:25:11.451363 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119030 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44423 2021-01-03T15:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20015 2025-06-10T13:25:22.823296 application/rdf+xml 15187 2025-06-10T13:25:14.972346 image/jpeg 3637 2025-06-10T13:25:14.680333 image/jpeg 2757659 2025-06-10T13:25:12.199346 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 fr.wikipedia