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Title: Greater Britain: a record of travel in English-speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 ... With maps and illustrations. With plates.]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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"Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries, During 1866-7, Volume 1" offers a fascinating glimpse into the mid-19th century British world through the eyes of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke. This volume recounts Dilke's travels across the English-speaking... Read Full Overview

As a young man, Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911), the Cambridge-educated Radical politician who went on to campaign for votes for women and labourers, legalisation of trade unions, and universal schooling, spent two years touring the English-speaking world. This two-volume... Read Full Overview