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When Dufferin was only 15 his father died. In consequence he developed a very close relationship with his mother. In the course of the voyage Dufferin created a diary in the form of letters nominally written to his mother. On his return, Lord Dufferin used those letters to write a book about his
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was damaged which required the French to abandon their investigations. Dufferin then set sail for Jan Mayen Island where he had to land by small boat. He wrote that he left a tin of trinkets on the island. From Jan Mayen, the
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is an account of a journey in which the author attempts to emulate Lord Dufferin's fearless spirit and enthusiastic adventuring, but comes to identify far more with Dufferin's permanently miserable butler, Wilson.
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With its irreverent style, lively pace, and witty commentary, the book became extremely successful. It can be regarded as the prototype of the comic
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Lovell, Adam, Wesson & Company, New York, 1878 (edition contains a Preface to the Third edition, as well as preface to Canadian edition)
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Despite his book's great success Lord Dufferin did not pursue a career in writing. Instead, he became a
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with the first objective of visiting Iceland. He visited the then-minuscule Reykjavík, the plains of
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be towed north as the French were on an expedition to the same region. The collier traveling with
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Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1924. Introduction by R.W. Macan
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The Merlin Press, London. 1989 (paperback reprint of Canadian edition)
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Dufferin was invited to join Prince Napoleon aboard his royal steamer
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Adam, Stevenson & Co., Toronto, 1872 (1st Canadian edition)
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Seafarer Books, 1991 (paperback facsimile of 1856 edition)
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John Murray, London, 1913 (Canadian edition; reprint)
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John Murray, London, 1857 (1st edition half-leather)
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La Reine Hortense which afforded Dufferin assistance
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Letters From High Latitudes

travel book
Lord Dufferin
Iceland
Jan Mayen
Spitzbergen
schooner
Þingvellir
Geysir
Prince Napoleon
yacht Reine Hortense
Reykjavík
Hammerfest




travelogue
Governor General of Canada
diplomat
ambassador
Ottoman Empire
Viceroy of India
Frost On My Moustache
Tim Moore
Oxford University Press
Online version
Project Gutenberg
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