Martineau Harriet, Harriet Martineau

Guide to Windermere

With Tours to the Neighboring Lakes and Other Interesting Places

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Martineau's 1854 Windermere handbook represents an early example of a literary tourist guide, combining practical information with rich descriptive writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 194g
• ISBN-13: 9781108018357
• ISBN-10: 1108018351
• Artikelnr.: 30363382

Inhaltsangabe

Index; Guide to Windermere; First tour
by Newby Bridge and Ulverstone to Furness Abbey
returning by Coniston
Hawkshead
and the Ferry; Second tour
by Troutbeck to Kirkstone Pass and Patterdeal
and home by Ambleside; Third tour
by the Ferry
and the Wray
and Brathay Valley
to High Close
and down Red Bank to Grasmere and Easedale
and thence by Rydal to Ambleside; A day on the mountains; Excursions to and from Keswick; Of the flowering plants
ferns
and mosses of Windermere and its neighbourhood; Mountains and passes; Lakes and waterfalls; Directory; Advertisements.