Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America

Volume II: Enterprise and Exploration

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The sources in this volume concentrates on British investments in Latin America including new opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs provide insight into the heady speculative and exploratory enthusiasm of these individuals, and the ensuing disappointments of many of their schemes.

The sources in this volume concentrates on British investments in Latin America—both material and imaginative—including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, John Beaumont, and Joseph Andrews provide insight into the heady speculative and exploratory enthusiasm of those whom Mary Louise Pratt has dubbed the "capitalist vanguard" and the ensuing disappointments of many of their commercial schemes, as well as testimonies of more successful (and often exploitative) later British ventures including mining. Accounts of expeditions in pursuit of the "El Dorado" legend overlap with examples from the genre of travel narratives, including writings from the "wild women travellers" in Latin America who were able to capitalize on their tourist experiences in the literary marketplace.

Marisa Knox is a professor in the English department at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Volume II – Enterprise and Exploration

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1. The First Wave

1. H. Brougham. The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq., M.P. in the House of Commons, March 13, 1817: On the State of the Nation (London: Ridgways, 1817), excerpts, pp. 38-48

2. S. Haigh, Sketches of Buenos Ayres and Chile (London: J. Carpenter and Son, 1829), excerpt, pp. 173-88

3. A. Caldcleugh, Travels in South America During the Years 1819-20-21; Containing an Account of the Present State of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile, 2 vols. (J. Murray: London, 1825), vol. 1, excerpt, pp. 347-73

4. P. Schmidtmeyer, Travels Into Chile, Over the Andes, in the Years 1820 and 1821: With Some Sketches of the Productions and Agriculture; Mines and Metallurgy; Inhabitants, History, and Other Features, of America; Particularly of Chile, and Arauco (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1824), excerpts, pp. 245-71

5. J. Bentham, ‘Junctiana Proposal: Proposals for the Junction of the Two Seas, —the Atlantic and the Pacific, by Means of a Joint Stock Company, to Be Styled, the Junctiana Company’, in The Works of Jeremy Bentham, ed. J. Bowring, 11 vols (Edinburgh: W. Tait, 1839), vol. 8, pp. 561-71.

6. R. Proctor, Narrative of a Journey across the Cordillera of the Andes and of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824 (London: A. Constable and Co., 1825), excerpt, pp. 61-80

7. W. Bullock, Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico: Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain, Its Natural Productions, State of Society, Manufactures, Trade, Agriculture, and Antiquities, &c (London: J. Murray, 1824), excerpt, pp. 424-40

8. C. S. Cochrane, Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, During the Years 1823 and 1824, 2 vols (London: H. Colburn, 1825), vol. 2, excerpts, pp. 393-423

9. J. Miers, Travels in Chile and La Plata: Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners and Customs and the Mining Operations in Chile: Collected During a Residence of Several Years in These Countries, 2 vols (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826), vol. 2, excerpt, pp. 239-246

10. F. B. Head, Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes, 2nd edn (London: J. Murray, 1826), excerpt, pp. 214-228

11. J. Andrews, Journey from Buenos Ayres, through the Provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, Thence by the Deserts of Caranja to Arica, and Subsequently, to Santiago de Chili and Coquimbo, Undertaken on Behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association, in the Years 1825-26, 2 vols (London: J. Murray, 1827), vol. 1, excerpt, pp. 197-222

12. J. A. B. Beaumont, Travels in Buenos Ayres, and the Adjacent Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: With Observations, Intended for the Use of Persons who Contemplate Emigrating to that Country; Or, Embarking Capital in Its Affairs (London: J. Ridgeway, 1828), excerpt, pp. 246-57

13. H. G. Ward, Mexico in 1827, 2 vols (London: H. Colburn, 1828), vol. 2, excerpts, pp. 3-5, 116-24

14. C. Brand, Journal of a Voyage to Peru (London: Henry Colburn, 1828), excerpt, pp. 172-93

15. H. L. Maw, Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, Crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru, and Descending the River Marañon, or Amazon (London: J. Murray, 1829), excerpt, pp. 113-34

Part 2. Visitors and Settlers

16. P. C. Scarlett, South America and the Pacific: Comprising a Journey Across the Pampas and the Andes, from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, Lima, and Panama; with Remarks Upon the Isthmus, 2 vols. (London, H. Colburn, 1838), vol. 1, excerpts, pp. 113-137

17. J. J. Gurney, A Winter in the West Indies: Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky, 3rd edn (London: J. Murray, 1840), excerpt, pp. 200-212

18. R. G. Dunlop, Travels in Central America, Being a Journal of Nearly Three Years’ Residence in the Country: Together with a Sketch of the History of the Republic, and an Account of Its Climate, Productions, Commerce, Etc. (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847), excerpt, pp. 75-90

19. W. MacCann, Two Thousand Miles’ Ride Through the Argentine Provinces: Being an Account of the Natural Products of the Country, and Habits of the People, 2 vols (London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1853), vol. 1, excerpts, pp. 1-34

20. W. Latham, The States of the River Plate (London: Longmans, Green, 1868), 2nd edn, excerpt, pp. 22-38

21. A. Trollope, The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 4th ed. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1860), excerpt, pp. 258-74

22. T. W. Hinchliff, South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Paranà (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863), excerpts, pp. 379-97

Part 3. Women Travelers

23. M. Graham, Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year 1822; and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil, in 1823 (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824), excerpts, pp. 203-24

24. F. Calderón de la Barca, Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country (London: Chapman & Hall, 1843), excerpts, pp. 183-200

25. E. Stuart Wortley, Travels in the United States, etc: During 1849 and 1850, 3vols (London: R. Bentley, 1851), vol. 3, excerpt, pp. 80-98

26. M. Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, ed. W. J. S. (London: Blackwood, 1857), excerpts, pp. 9-30

27. C. Bromley, A Woman’s Wanderings in the Western World: A Series of Letters addressed to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M. P. by his daughter Mrs. Bromley (London: Saunders, Otley & Company, 1861), excerpts, pp. 183-203

28. Mrs. H. G. Foote, Recollections of Central America and the West Coast of Africa (London: T. Cautley Newby, 1869), excerpt, pp. 95-123

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.5.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-01168-8 / 1032011688
ISBN-13	978-1-032-01168-4 / 9781032011684
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