A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain
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A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain
A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain [1] is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727.
A non-fiction work that gives a matter-of-fact account of Defoe's visits to various places, at a time when there were no ready reference works. Anyone living in Great Britain may find their own locality described there.
It is also a valuable source-work for anyone trying to get an idea of the state of England, Scotland and Wales a few decades before the Industrial Revolution. (The Industrial Revolution is normally reckoned to have begun in the 1760s, although some scholars say it had already started when Defoe was writing.)
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External links
- Complete text of A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies, with links to the places mentioned, on A Vision of Britain through Time, based on the 1927 Everyman edition.
- A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (complete, but not proof-read), from Internet Archive, 6th edition, London: D. Browne [etc.], 1762.
- A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain - Eastern Counties of England (partial), from Project Gutenberg, unknown edition.
- A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain - Letters 11-13 (in Vol.3) relating to Scotland (partial)
- Defoe on Turnpike roads (excerpt)
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