Travel Writing 1700-1830

''How is the mind agitated and bewildered, at being thus, as it were, placed on the borders of a new world!'' - William Bartram''Thus you see, dear sister, the manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would have us believe.'' - Mary Wortley MontaguWith widely varied motives - scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism - British travell...