Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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174
1897
English
- 01 - Chapter I
- 02 - Chapter II
- 03 - Chapter III
- 04 - Chapter IV
- 05 - Chapter V
- 06 - Chapter VI
- 07 - Chapter VII
- 08 - Chapter VIII
- 09 - Chapter IX
- 10 - Chapter X
- 11 - Chapter XI
- 12 - Chapter XII
- 13 - Chapter XIII
- 14 - Chapter XIV
- 15 - Chapter XV
- 16 - Chapter XVI
- 17 - Chapter XVII
- 18 - Chapter XVIII
- 19 - Chapter XIX
- 20 - Chapter XX
- 21 - Chapter XXI
- 22 - Chapter XXII
- 23 - Chapter XXIII
- 24 - Chapter XXIV
- 25 - Chapter XXV
- 26 - Chapter XXVI
- 27 - Chapter XXVII
- 28 - Chapter XXVIII
- 29 - Chapter XXIX
- 30 - Chapter XXX
- 31 - Chapter XXXI
- 32- Chapter XXXII
- 33 - Chapter XXXIII
- 34 - Chapter XXXIV
- 35 - Chapter XXXV
- 36 - Chapter XXXVI
- 37 - Chapter XXXVII
- 38 - Chapter XXXVIII
- 39 - Chapter XXXIX
- 40 - Chapter XL
- 41 - Chapter XLI
- 42 - Chapter XLII
- 43 - Chapter XLIII
- 44 - Chapter XLIV
- 45 - Chapter XLV
- 46 - Chapter XLVI
- 47 - Chapter XLVII
- 48 - Chapter XLVIII
- 49 - Chapter XLIX
- 50 - Chapter L
- 51 - Chapter LI
- 52 - Chapter LII
- 53 - Chapter LIII
- 54 - Chapter LIV
- 55 - Chapter LV
- 56 - Chapter LVI
- 57 - Chapter LVII
- 58 - Chapter LVIII
- 50 - Chapter LIX
- 60 - Chapter LX
- 61 - Chapter LXI
- 62 - Chapter LXII
- 63 - Chapter LXIII
- 64 - Chapter LXIV
- 65 - Chapter LXV
- 66 - Chapter LXVI
- 67 - Chapter LXVII
- 68 - Chapter LXVIII
- 69 - Chapter LXIX
- 70 - Chapter LXX
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897.
Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2 million in 2005) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in the English language.
In Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narrative with classical Twain wit.
Of particular interest, historically, are Twain's references to Cecil Rhodes in Australia and South Africa, the in-depth description of "Thugs" and "Thuggee" in India and the Boer War period and diamonds in South Africa. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)
Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2 million in 2005) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in the English language.
In Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narrative with classical Twain wit.
Of particular interest, historically, are Twain's references to Cecil Rhodes in Australia and South Africa, the in-depth description of "Thugs" and "Thuggee" in India and the Boer War period and diamonds in South Africa. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)
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