Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie pendant les années 1821, 1822 et 1823

Name of traveller

Edouard de Montulé (1792-1828)

Reason for travel

  • on return from Ireland

Date of travel

1821

Les femmes me parurent généralement assez bien, quoiqu’un chapeau d’homme, qu’elles portent presque toutes, les déguisât au premier coup d’œil. (Montulé 230)

Content

  • clothing: notes on women's tall hats
  • people:
    • British population noted for its greater industriousness than the French
    • draws comparison between Welsh and Breton cultures
  • terrain:
    • picturesque landscapes and mountains of north Wales
    • mountain terrain giving rise to love of freedom of the Welsh people
  • transport: arrives by boat from Ireland
  • Italian translation: Viaggio in Inghilterra ed in Russia negli anni 1821, 1822 e 1823. Trans. Luigi Bassi. Vol. 1. Milan: Presso l'editore Lorenzo Sonzogno, 1827. 259-72. Print.
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Nationality of traveller

French

Language of publication

French; Italian translation

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

travelogue

Citation

Montulé, Édouard de. Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie: Pendant les années 1821, 1822 et 1823, avec un atlas de vingt-neuf planches gravées ou lithographiées. Vol. 1 Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand, 1825. 228-31. Print.

Entry created: 27 February 2014
Entry last updated: 5 January 2018