Annie Brassey

Annie Brassey
Annie Brassey (1839–1887) was a British travel writer and adventurer known for chronicling her voyages around the world. She gained popularity with her book "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" (1878), which detailed her family's journey aboard their yacht, the Sunbeam, and offered readers vivid descriptions of their travels. Brassey's works are notable for blending personal observations, historical anecdotes, and cultural insights, making them appealing to both general readers and academics. Her adventurous spirit and literary contributions helped inspire interest in travel and exploration during the Victorian era.

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In giving to the reading world these pages of the last Journal of one of the most popular writers of our day, no apology can be needed, and but little explanation. A word had better perhaps be said, and said here, as to my share in its composition. It is now twelve years ago since my friend—then Mrs. Brassey—asked my advice and assistance in arranging the Diary she had kept during the eleven... more...

CHAPTER I. FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND. Masts, spires, and strand receding on the right, The glorious main expanding on the bow. At noon on July 1st, 1876, we said good-bye to the friends who had come to Chatham to see us off, and began the first stage of our voyage by steaming down to Sheerness, saluting our old friend the 'Duncan,' Admiral Chads's flagship, and passing through a perfect... more...