Following the Equator
Subtitle: A Journey Around the World (Ecco Travels)
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: April 1993
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780880012973
Subjects: Essays & Travelogues; Classic travel writing; Literary studies: 19th century; Other prose: 19th century; 18th And 19th Century Description And Travel; 19th Century American Prose; Travel - General; Fiction
First sentence: We moved westward about mid-afternoon over a rippled and sparkling summer sea; an enticing sea, a clean and cool sea, and apparently a welcome sea to all on board; it certainly was to me, after the distressful dustings and smokings and swelterings of the past weeks.