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Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers: Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868
Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers: Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868
Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers: Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868
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Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers is a travelogue written by George Washington Carleton. It features sketches and notes from the author's travels during the mid to late 19th century, while providing an insightful glimpse into the culture and people of Cuba, Peru, Spain, and Algiers.
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Release dateDec 20, 2019
ISBN4064066141967
Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers: Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868

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    Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers - George Washington Carleton

    George Washington Carleton

    Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers

    Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868

    Published by Good Press, 2019

    goodpress@okpublishing.info

    EAN 4064066141967

    Table of Contents

    AN APOLOGY.

    P ART I. ——— CUBA.

    CUBAN SKETCHES.

    THE START.—THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA. AT SEA.

    IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

    ARRIVAL AT HAVANA.

    STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE MERCADERES.

    VIEW FROM OUR WINDOW AT THE HOTEL ALMY.

    STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE TENIENTE RE.

    AT THE CAFE LOUVRE.

    THE [WICKED] FLEA OF HAVANA.

    THE NATIONAL VEHICLE OF HAVANA.

    A COCK-FIGHT IN CUBA.

    STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE LAMPARILLA.

    THE CUBAN TOOTH-PICK.

    THE CAPTAIN GENERAL'S QUINTA.

    THE DOMESTIC INSECTS OF HAVANA.

    A LITTLE EPISODE IN THE CALLE BARRATILLO.

    STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE COMPOSTELLA.

    AN INTERIOR IN HAVANA.

    HEADS OF THE PEOPLE.

    PRIMITIVE HABITS OF THE NATIVES.

    WASHING IN HAVANA.

    CARNIVAL IN HAVANA.

    A MASK BALL AT THE TACON.

    LATER IN THE EVENING,

    STREETS OF HAVANA—CALLE OBRAPIA.

    STREETS OF HAVANA—CALLE O'REILLY.

    FIRST HOUR!             SECOND HOUR!!             THIRD HOUR!!!

    BED-ROOMS IN CUBA.

    SEA-BATHS IN HAVANA.

    HOTELS IN HAVANA.

    HIGH ART IN HAVANA.

    LOCOMOTION IN THE COUNTRY.

    SHOPPING IN HAVANA.

    THE NATIONAL BEVERAGE OF HAVANA.

    THE LIZARDS OF CUBA.

    SMOKING IN HAVANA.

    THE MUSQUITOS OF HAVANA.

    PUBLIC SERVANTS IN CUBA.

    ONE OF THE SENSATIONS IN CUBA.

    THE GREAT CAVE NEAR MATANZAS.

    THE OUTSKIRTS OF MATANZAS.

    ARCHITECTURE IN MATANZAS.

    A CAFFETAL NEAR MATANZAS.

    THE PICTURESQUE IN MATANZAS.

    A SUGAR PLANTATION, NEAR THE YUMORI.

    A BED-CHAMBER IN MATANZAS.

    ECONOMY IS WEALTH.

    THE SUBURBS OF CALABAZAR.

    PLANTATIONS NEAR MARIANAO.

    ARCHITECTURE IN HAVANA.

    LAST NIGHT IN HAVANA.

    P ART II. ——— PERU.

    PERUVIAN SKETCHES.

    THE START—STEAMSHIP HENRY CHAUNCEY. FROM NEW YORK TO ASPINWALL.

    IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

    ARRIVAL AT ASPINWALL.

    ISTHMUS OF DARIEN.

    A VIEW IN PANAMA.

    AN AFTERNOON AT PANAMA.

    A STREET SCENE IN PANAMA.

    IN THE BAY OF PANAMA.

    STEAMSHIP CHILE. FROM PANAMA TO CALLAO.

    PAYTA—A SEAPORT IN PERU.

    NATURAL HISTORY IN PERU.

    ARRIVAL AT CALLAO—THE HARBOR.

    ARCHITECTURE IN CALLAO.

    ARRIVAL AT LIMA.

    THE CATHEDRAL AT LIMA.

    DOMESTICS IN PERU.

    A PERUVIAN COOK.

    STREETS OF LIMA—CALLE JUDIOS.

    CELESTIALS IN PERU.

    DOLCE FAR NIENTE—A DREAM OF PERU.

    THE

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