A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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Experience the beauty and complexity of Scotland through the eyes of a literary genius in this captivating travelogue.Samuel Johnson's travelogue , A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland , chronicles his eighty-three-day expedition through Scotland, specifically the Hebrides islands, during the late summer and autumn of 1773. Accompanying the sixty-three-year-old Johnson was his long-time friend, thirty-two-year-old James Boswell, who also documented the journey in his own publication, A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , released in 1785. The two narratives present contrasting perspect...
Chapters (31)(click to expand)
- A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND
- INCH KEITH
- ST. ANDREWS
- ABERBROTHICK
- MONTROSE
- ABERDEEN
- SLANES CASTLE, THE BULLER OF BUCHAN
- BAMFF
- ELGIN
- FORES. CALDER. FORT GEORGE
- INVERNESS
- LOUGH NESS
- FALL OF FIERS
- FORT AUGUSTUS
- ANOCH
- GLENSHEALS
- THE HIGHLANDS
- GLENELG
- SKY. ARMIDEL
- CORIATACHAN IN SKY
- RAASAY
- DUNVEGAN
- ULINISH
- TALISKER IN SKY
- OSTIG IN SKY
- COL
- GRISSIPOL IN COL
- CASTLE OF COL
- MULL
- ULVA
- INCH KENNETH
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