Primary Historical Sources - HONR 350 - Why Travel? - Research Guides at College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University

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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides published during the 18th century (1701-1800).
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Brings together printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices, and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by scholarly essays, maps, and an interactive chronology.
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive range of national, regional, and local newspapers in Victorian Britain, in partnership with the British Library.
Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 This link opens in a new window
This collection covers 65,000+ volumes in North, Central, and South America and the West Indies. Highlights the society, politics, beliefs, culture, and events of the time through political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, and literature.

Baedeker European Travel Guides
Baedeker European travel guides from the late 19th century. Baedekers were the first popular travel guide and are known for their detailed descriptions of cities and detailed maps.
Murray's Handbooks for Travellers
Published in London between 1836-1910, Murray's Handbooks "exemplified the exhaustive rational planning that was as much an ideal of the emerging tourist industry as it was of British commercial and industrial organization generally." (James Buzard. "The Uses of Romanticism: Byron and the Victorian Continental Tour". Victorian Studies. 35)

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-current (5-year embargo) This link opens in a new window
Published in London, The Times is one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage.
Women Writers Online/Women Writers Project This link opens in a new window
English language texts written by pre-Victorian women.

Hathi Trust This link opens in a new window
Repository of e-texts from multiple research libraries. Many public domain texts are freely available, and some are only available to members of the owning institution.
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