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William Seward’s Travels Around the World, edited by Olive Risley Steward and copyrighted by her for him in 1873 after the death of the author.
The book is divided into sections: United States, Canada, and Pacific Ocean; Japan, China, and Cochin China; The Eastern Archpelago, Straits of Malacca, and Ceylon; British India; Egypt and Palestine; Europe.
William H Seward was an American secretary of State, although the book does not seem to mention that.
The book measures approx. 155x235mm (a little over 6 x 9 inches).
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Henry Seward.
Title: Travels Around the World
City: New York
Date: 1873
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Inside the Imperial Palace, Delhi]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/443-interior-of-imperial-palace-delhi-q70-298x200.jpg "[picture: Inside the Imperial Palace, Delhi]")
Inside the Imperial Palace, Delhi
We see the white marble walls, pillars, arches of the Red Fort of Delhi, Diwan-I-Khas, where the Peacock Throne once stood, and the ceiling was covered in silver and gold. [more...] [$]
![[picture: ront Cover]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/000-front-cover-q75-130x200.jpg "[picture: ront Cover]")
![[picture: Little Orphan Island]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/231-Little-Orphan-Island-182x200.jpg "[picture: Little Orphan Island]")
Two hundred and fifty miles above nanking, the [Yang-tse-kiang] river flows swiftly through a narrow gorge between two mountains, one called the Eastern, the other the Western Pillar. Above this strait the river winds, and is flanked on the right bank by bluffs like those of the Mississippi and Missouri; a hundred miles higher, another gorge; near [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: A Street in Cairo]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/548-A-Street-in-Cairo-188x200.jpg "[picture: A Street in Cairo]")
![[picture: Pool of Hezekiah]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/SewardTravels/wm/big/635-Pool-of-Hezekiah-q66-310x200.jpg "[picture: Pool of Hezekiah]")
