Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water

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English · 1886 · 17h 35m · Travel, Memoirs

3.4 (5 critiques)

Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America," this book is a record of the author's travels with her husband through the British Empire and America in the late 1800's. In the words of the author, "It is but a simple Journal of what we saw and did." Their travels took them across the Atlantic to the U.S. and Canada, then across the Pacific to New Zealand, Australia, then on to the Dutch East Indies, the Straits settlements, the Indian subcontinent and Egypt - Summary by knotyouraveragejo

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Chapter I. Across the Atlantic 6:02 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Chapter II. New York, Hudson River and Niagara Falls 32:05 Lu par BettyB
Chapter III. The Dominion of Canada 24:49 Lu par Shirantha
Chapter IV. The American Lakes, and the Centres of Learning, Fashion and Government, Part 1 24:07 Lu par BettyB
Chapter IV. The American Lakes, and the Centres of Learning, Fashion and Government, Part 2 17:54 Lu par BettyB
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 1 21:31 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 2 22:48 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Chapter V. To the Far West, Part 3 21:50 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Chapter VI. San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley, Part 1 26:33 Lu par JSWS
Chapter VI. San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley, Part 2 30:51 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter VII. Across the Pacific, Part 1 20:37 Lu par BettyB
Chapter VII. Across the Pacific, Part 2 16:14 Lu par BettyB
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes and Geysers, Part 1 30:33 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes and Geysers, Part 2 28:09 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes and Geysers, Part 3 32:56 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter VIII. Coaching Through the North Island of New Zealand; Its Hot Lakes and Geysers, Part 4 25:12 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter IX. The South Island of New Zealand: Its Alps and Mountain Lakes, Part 1 20:09 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter IX. The South Island of New Zealand: Its Alps and Mountain Lakes, Part 2 21:05 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter X. Australia -Tasmania and Victoria, Part 1 25:27 Lu par jenno
Chapter X. Australia -Tasmania and Victoria, Part 2 26:13 Lu par jenno
Chapter XI. Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, Part 1 25:30 Lu par jenno
Chapter XI. Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, Part 2 24:54 Lu par jenno
Chapter XII. Within the Barrier Reef, Through Torres Straits to Batavia 32:22 Lu par jenno
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 1 23:51 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 2 24:17 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XIII. Netherlands India, Part 3 19:56 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XIV. The Straits Settlements, Part 1 22:30 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XIV. The Straits Settlements, Part 2 22:06 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 1 27:12 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 2 25:11 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XV. The Metropolis of India and its Himalayan Sanatorium, Part 3 18:48 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XVI. The Shrines of the Hindu Faith, Part 1 18:31 Lu par Christoph Stangenberg
Chapter XVI. The Shrines of the Hindu Faith, Part 2 18:33 Lu par Christoph Stangenberg
Chapter XVII. The Scenes of the Indian Mutiny, Part I 27:09 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XVII. The Scenes of the Indian Mutiny, Part 2 24:23 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 1 18:13 Lu par BettyB
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 2 26:45 Lu par BettyB
Chapter XVIII. The Cities of the Great Mogul, Part 3 34:37 Lu par jenno
Chapter XIX. Gwalior and Rajputana, Part 1 24:48 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter XIX. Gwalior and Rajputana, Part 2 32:09 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter XX. The Home of the Parsees 30:42 Lu par prajak
Chapter XXI. Through Egypt - Homewards, Part 1 31:12 Lu par allegro200Hz
Chapter XXI. Through Egypt - Homewards, Part 2 26:41 Lu par allegro200Hz

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Simple


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Her observations are indeed simple - I tuned out once she started name-dropping British aristocrats