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1898 Three Journeys Around The World by JM Peebles Antique Travel Book 1st Ed
Three Journeys Around The World, or, Travels In The Pacific Islands, New Zealand,
Australia
, Ceylon, India, Egypt and Other Oriental Countries
In One Volume
By J.M. Peebles
Publi
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Banner Of Light Publishing Co: Boston 1898 1st Edition
"J. M. Peebles' Three Journeys Around the World presents an expansive and highly personal record of late-19th-century global travel, combining observational narrative, spiritualist philosophy, and commentary on the cultures, religions, and landscapes encountered across the Pacific, Asia, and the Middle East. Peebles, a physician and lecturer, documents his routes through island societies, major colonial centres, and remote regions, weaving anecdote with reflection on political, social, and religious conditions. His writing is energetic and highly descriptive, often coloured by the attitudes and perspectives of his era, making the work as revealing for its period viewpoint as for its geographical sweep.
Of particular interest is Peebles' engagement with local customs, missionary activity, and spiritual practices, which he interprets through the lens of his own spiritualist convictions. The volume includes portraits, regional sketches, and numerous cultural descriptions, offering insight into cross-cultural contact at a time of rapid imperial expansion. As a firsthand travel narrative spanning three circumnavigations, it remains a substantial and unusual contribution to 19th-century travel literature. This book will appeal to collectors of early travel accounts, historians of cross-cultural encounters, and readers interested in the intellectual and spiritual climate of fin-de-siècle America.
Australian Content Note:
Peebles' Australian chapters are especially valuable for their vivid, often candid observations of the colonies on the threshold of Federation. He records parliamentary debate in Adelaide in 1897, comments on leading political figures such as Alfred Deakin, and offers impressions of urban and rural life in Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. His descriptions—shaped by the ethnographic assumptions of his time—include encounters with Aboriginal Australians, accounts of frontier customs, and reflections on colonial society's economic and cultural ambitions. For researchers of pre-Federation Australia or collectors of early American travel impressions of the continent, these passages provide historically significant primary material."
Light wear and fading to covers and spine as shown. Inscription present. Binding is excellent with no loose pages, firm binding and strong secure covers. Pages and illustrations are clean and well presented. An excellent copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Size 23cm x 15.5cm x 4cm - 454 Pages
