A Sketcher’s Tour Round the World

‘A Sketcher’s Tour Round the World’ was written and illustrated in 1854. The book contains the Robert Elwes’ impressions and observations, including an illustration of Singapore. He describes Singapore as a place with a multitude of different ethnic peoples, drawn in to trade. He also includes several tidbits of what life was like then, such as the practice of selling pineapple as street food, and the presence of tigers on the island.

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‘From Japan to Granada: Sketches of Observation and Inquiry in a Tour Round the World in 1887-8’ (First edition) by James H. Chapin

‘Round the World in 1870: An Account of a Brief Tour made through India, China, Japan, California, and South America’ by A.D. Carlisle

Print from Journal Des Voyages on the various native types of Singapore

'Rund um die Erde' (Around the World)