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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150531603321

Autore

Schliemann Heinrich <1822-1890, >

Titolo

Without having seen the Queen : the 1846 European travel journal of Heinrich Schliemann: a transcription and annotated translation / / edited by Christo Thanos & Wout Arentzen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, [Netherlands] : , : Sidestone Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

90-8890-424-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

The Schliemann diaries

Disciplina

930.1092

Soggetti

Europe Social life and customs 19th century

Europe Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1 He who excavated Troy ; 5 -- The beginning of the journey ; 11 -- Germany and the Netherlands ; 16 -- England ; 19 -- London ; 25 -- France ; 36 -- Paris ; 38 -- Belgium ; 46 -- Germany ; 50 -- The dates of the European journey ; 51 -- The return journey ; 51 -- The travel journal in the Schliemann literature ; 59 -- ; 2 Schliemann's European Travel Journal of 1846-1847: a translation ; 63 -- Introduction to the translation and the notes ; 63 -- The translation ; 64 -- ; 3 Schliemann's European Travel Journal of 1846-1847: a transcription ; 133 -- Introduction to the transcription ; 133 -- The journal ; 133 -- Editorial method ; 133 -- The transcription ; 139.

Sommario/riassunto

"Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), a shrewd trader and later in life one of the best known archaeologists of the 19th century, made many travels around the world. He recorded his experiences in several diaries. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemann's first travel diary: his European journey in the winter of 1846/47. This journey was his first as a commercial trader and through the diary he kept we get to know Heinrich Schliemann more as a tourist and human being than as a trader. From his new residence in Moscow he travelled to London and Paris and via Berlin back to St. Petersburg. He writes with admiration and amazement about buildings and the emerging industrialization, while indirectly he offers us a glimpse of



the poverty and filthiness of that time. He describes his visits to amongst others the theatre, the British Museum, the Champs Elysees, and the Louvre. Besides the many pleasant experiences, he also mentions negative aspects such as the theft of his hat and the seasickness that plagued him during every one of his sea voyages."--Page 4 of cover.