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William Seward’s Travels Around the World, edited by Olive Risley Steward and copyrighted by her for him in 1873 after the death of the author.
The book is divided into sections: United States, Canada, and Pacific Ocean; Japan, China, and Cochin China; The Eastern Archpelago, Straits of Malacca, and Ceylon; British India; Egypt and Palestine; Europe.
William H Seward was an American secretary of State, although the book does not seem to mention that.
The book measures approx. 155x235mm (a little over 6 x 9 inches).
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Henry Seward.
Title: Travels Around the World
City: New York
Date: 1873
Total items: 8
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Jaffa]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/626-Jaffa-312x200.jpg "[picture: Jaffa]")
(p. 626). Historians belive that Jaffa is the only port in the world which can boast uninterrupted inhabitation throughout its entire existence. The Canaanites founded the city in the 18th [...]the beautiful). It’s in Palestine, but has been occupied by the Israeli military since 1948. [more...]
[$]![[picture: Jaffa]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/626-Jaffa-cropped-267x200.jpg "[picture: Jaffa]")
![[picture: Little Orphan Island]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/231-Little-Orphan-Island-182x200.jpg "[picture: Little Orphan Island]")
Two hundred and fifty miles above nanking, the [Yang-tse-kiang] river flows swiftly through a narrow gorge between two mountains, one called the Eastern, the other the Western Pillar. Above this strait the river winds, and is flanked on the right bank by bluffs like those of the Mississippi and Missouri; a hundred miles higher, another gorge; near [...] [more...]
[$]![[picture: Temple of Dendera]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/574-Temple-of-Dendera-292x200.jpg "[picture: Temple of Dendera]")
It is more modern and better preserved, though less interesting, than the Memnonium. Its construction was begun by one of the Ptolemies, two hundred and fifty years before the Christian era, and was completed under the Emperor Tiberius, while our Saviour was yet living in jerusalem. Some of its decorations were added in the reign of Nero. It has [...] [more...]
[$]William Seward’s Travels Around the World, edited by Olive Risley Steward and copyrighted by her for him in 1873 after the death of the author.
The book is divided into sections: United States, Canada, and Pacific Ocean; Japan, China, and Cochin China; The Eastern Archpelago, Straits of Malacca, and Ceylon; British India; Egypt and Palestine; Europe.
William H Seward was an American secretary of State, although the book does not seem to mention that.
The book measures approx. 155x235mm (a little over 6 x 9 inches).
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Henry Seward.
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![[picture: Pool of Hezekiah]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/635-Pool-of-Hezekiah-q66-310x200.jpg "[picture: Pool of Hezekiah]")
