Overland route to India and China.
London : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh; and New York,
1858.
The work recounts the journey, by sea not overland, from England to China stopping off in Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Singapore before finally reaching Shanghai. The colour plates were achieved using an early chromolithograph technique based on G. J. Cox's invention of transferring steel and copperplate engraving onto lithographic stone but using a combination of light blue, chocolate brown, and beige. This technique was a cost effective way to print colour illustrations and was consistent with the efforts made by the Nelson family to print good quality but affordable books.
Includes index on verso of title page.
The work recounts the journey, by sea not overland, from England to China stopping off in Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Singapore before finally reaching Shanghai. The colour plates were achieved using an early chromolithograph technique based on G. J. Cox's invention of transferring steel and copperplate engraving onto lithographic stone but using a combination of light blue, chocolate brown, and beige. This technique was a cost effective way to print colour illustrations and was consistent with the efforts made by the Nelson family to print good quality but affordable books.
India
China
Travel
England London.