Travel scrapbook: 'Round the World', 1951-1952 [1]
- Travel Writing, Spectacle & World History
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- Title
- Travel scrapbook: 'Round the World', 1951-1952 [1]
- Date
- 1951-1952
- Traveller
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- Cannon family
- Reference
- MC 553, 8.3-8.4
- Region
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- Middle East
- Europe
- South Asia
- Australasia
- North America
- South-East Asia
- Country
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- United States
- Fiji
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Indonesia
- India
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- France
- Lebanon
- Jordan
- Palestine (Israel)
- Places
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- Hawaii
- Darjeeling
- Kangchenjunga
- Jaipur
- Pune
- Delhi
- Agra
- Taj Mahal
- Agra Fort
- Bethlehem
- Jerusalem
- Gethsemane
- Dead Sea
- River Jordan
- Jericho
- Bethany
- Sea of Galilee
- Nazareth
- Paris
- Calcutta
- Jakarta
- Melbourne
- Canberra
- Honolulu
- Vita Levu
- Sydney
- Palm Beach
- New South Wales
- Warriewood
- Mona Vale
- Avalon
- Brisbane
- Katoomba
- Beirut
- Blue Mountains
- Jenolan Caves
- Mount Taranaki
- Auckland
- South Island
- Milford Sound
- Fox Glacier
- Westland National Park
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Heron Island
- Queensland
- Damascus Gate
- Constantinople
- New Plymouth
- Bombay (Mumbai)
- Description
- Contains a variety of visual material and ephemera relating to the Cannon family's world trip. Photographs, postcards, paintings, drawings, clippings and articles make up the scrapbook. Included are photographs of famous tourist destinations, the landscape and local inhabitants. In India, for example, photographs are included of schools, temples, palaces, a zoo, and a botanical garden. In Jerusalem there are photographs of tombs and chapels that were visited. A published pamphlet of photographs of temples in Jerusalem is included in the scrapbook, as is a article entitled 'A Brief Guide to Jerusalem' (1950).
- Library / Archive
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