A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.

Part II Volume 8: South America S. S. Hill, Travels in Peru and Mexico (1860); Charles Daniel Dance, Recollection of Four Years in Venezuela (1876); Henry W. Bates, The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863); Frederick A. Ober, Camps in the Caribbees. The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles (1880); Charles Barrington-Brown, Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana (1877); Henry Kirke, Twenty-five Years in British Guiana (1898); Richard F. Burton, Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: with an Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines (1869); Louis Agassiz, A Journey in Brazil by Professor and Mrs. Louis Agassiz (1868)

Peter J Kitson, William Baker, Indira Ghose, Susan Schoenbauer Thurin