Force commerciale de la Grande-Bretagne: voies publiques, places, rues, routes, canaux, ponts et chaussées

Name of traveller

Charles Dupin (1784-1873)

Reason for travel

• survey of British infrastructure

Date of travel

1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820

La vallée de Llangollen, au milieu de laquelle ce monument [Pontcysyllte] s’élève, est d’un aspect très-frappant. (Dupin 192)

Content

• architecture: detailed description of construction of Thomas Telford's (1757-1834) Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
• quotes and expands on his own earlier account about infrastructure in Wales
• part of the series: Voyages dans la Grande-Bretagne entrepris relativement aux services publics de la guerre, de la marine et des ponts et chaussées, en 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 6 vols. Paris: Bachelier, 1820-24. Print.
• also available in various German and English translations and revised editions
• click here to read the full account

Nationality of traveller

French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report; travelogue

Citation

Dupin, Charles. Force commerciale de la Grande-Bretagne: voies publiques, places, rues, routes, canaux, ponts et chaussées. Vol. 1 Paris: Bachelier, 1824. 187-93, 271. Print.