A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family's voyage around in the world in 1876-1877

TO THE FRIENDS in many climes and countries, of the

white and coloured races, and of every grade in society,

who have made our year of travel a year of happiness,

these pages are dedicated by the ever grateful Author

By : Anna Brassey (1839 - 1887)

00 - Dedication, Preface and Letter 01 - Farewell to Old England 02 - Madeira, Teneriffe, and Cape de Verde Islands 03 - Palma to Rio de Janeiro 04 - Rio de Janeiro 05 - The River Plate 06 - Life on the Pampas 07 - More about the Argentine Republic 08 - River Plate to Sandy Point, Straights of Magellan 09 - Sandy Point to Lota Bay 10 - Chili 11 - Santiago and Valparaiso 12 - Valparaiso to Tahiti 13 - The South Sea Islands 14 - At Tahiti 15 - Tahiti to Sandwich Islands - Kilauea by Day and by Night 16 - Hawaiian Sports 17 - Honolulu - Departure for Japan 18 - Honolulu to Yokohama 19 - Yokohama 20 - Kioto, Late Miaco 21 - The Inland Sea 22 - To Canton up the Pearl River 23 - From Macao to Singapore 24 - Singapore 25 - Ceylon 26 - To Aden 27 - Via Suez Canal 28 - 'Home' 29 - Appendix

This volume needs no elaborate preface. A general sketch of the voyage which it describes was published in the 'Times' immediately after our return to England. That letter is reprinted here as a convenient summary of the 'Sunbeam's' performances. But these prefatory lines would indeed be incomplete if they did not contain a well-deserved tribute to the industry and accuracy of the author. The voyage would not have been undertaken, and assuredly it would never have been completed, without the impulse derived from her perseverance and determination. Still less would any sufficient record of the scenes and experiences of the long voyage have been preserved had it not been for her painstaking desire not only to see everything thoroughly, but to record her impressions faithfully and accurately. The practised skill of a professional writer cannot reasonably be expected in these simple pages, but their object will have been attained if they are the means of enabling more home-keeping friends to share in the keen enjoyment of the scenes and adventures they describe.