Name/Title
Encircling the GlobeEntry/Object ID
L9999.575.13115Description
Encircling the Globe describes William W. Wheeler's 1910 trip around the world, stopping at Honolulu, Japan, China, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Singapore, Burma, India, Egypt, Europe. It includes many black & white photographs he took on the trip.
It is one of a series of 6 books written by William Webb Wheeler, Sr. (known as W. W.) about his travels about the world. He was encouraged to write of his travels by friends who enjoyed hearing about them. "Each Christmas following each voyage for five successive years the friends of Mr. Wheeler and the old customers of the institutions that he heads have been honored with a copy of these brochures, which he published privately." The "brochures" were leather-bound.
The series includes: "Three Months in Foreign Lands," "Encircling the Globe," "Discoveries in South America and the West Indies," "A Glimpse of the Pacific Isles," "Our Holiday in Africa," and "The Other Side of the Earth." Each story is accompanied by a half tone engraving of a photograph of that area.
Mr. Wheeler came to St. Joseph in 1872, at the age of 27, and went to work for the wholesale dry goods house of Tootle, Craig, & Co. After changes in ownership, this business became the Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Company on January 1,1908.
These books were given to the St. Joseph Museum by Mr. Wheeler's son, W. Webb Wheeler, Jr.
203/Hardbound/PhotographsCollection
W. Webb WheelerLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
World Travel, India, Japan, China, Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, Flora and Fauna, Wheeler, William Webb, Sr., St. Joseph Authors, Physical, Political, Wheeler, W.W.Book Details
Author
Wheeler, William Webb, Sr.Place Published
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriDate Published
1910Call No.
Geography WHNotes
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