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Studies in colonialist and exploration discourse have identified the enormous significance of travel writing as an ideological apparatus of Empire. The study of travel writing has, however, remained either naively celebratory or dismissive, treating texts as symptoms of imperial ideologies. ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Stedman: Add a description of this character.
- Maria Graham
- Sarmiento
- Peter Kolb
- Joanna
- Burton
- Bello
- Theroux
- Mungo Park
- Le Vaillant
- Didion
- Wright
- Sparrman
- Adam
- Tristan
- Mary Kingsley
- John Barrow
- Heredia
- Dr. Livingstone
- Alexander Von Humboldt
- Guaman Poma
- Paterson
- Lee
- John Miers
- Du Chaillu
- Buffon
- Coetzee
- Ulloa
- John Mawe
- Bouguer
- Carpentier
- Jorge Juan
- Simon Bolívar
Setting & Locations edit
- Northern Europe
- West Africa
- South America
- Spain
- Peru
- France
- England
- Chile
- Paris
- Britain
- Mexico
- Lima
- Bonpland
- Surinam
- Caribbean
- Moravia
- Niger
- Argentina
- Amazon
- London
- Spanish America
- Egypt
- South Africa
- Atlantic
- United States
- Americas
- Congo
- Venezuela
- East India Company
- Valparaiso
- Quito
- Columbus
- Cuba
- North America
- Asia
- Cape Colony
- Cuzco
- Brazil
- Santo Domingo
- Lake Tanganyika
- Buenos Aires
- San Martin
- Patagonia
First Sentence edit
In Listowel, Ontario, the small Canadian farm town where I grew up, one corner of the main intersection was occupied by Livingstone's Drugstore, run by Dr. Livingstone.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Louise Pratt (Author)
First Edition edit
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Publication Date: 1992
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- Dewey: 940
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