With the Ophir Round the Empire - An Account of the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1901

Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1902, reprint, very good condition with reinforced mending to top and bottom of spine, no dustwrapper

If you would know what is meant by Greater Britain you must take ship and circle the world twice over, and after that you must travel by train or horse distances of which Europe can give you no conception. And everywhere you will meet men and women of your own race, living practically the same lives, having the same thoughts and ambitions and the same moral and religious standards. In their pilgrimage of nearly 47,000 miles the Prince and Princess of Wales only once set foot on foreign soil, and that was at Port Said, where Britain rules if she does not reign. They visited 17 British possessions in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America, with an area of 7,250,000 square miles and a population of 19 million. Of these, 11 million are of European origin. Impressions of a tour around the British Empire from March to November 1901 by the royal couple and accompanying naval flotillas by a Special Correspondent of The Standard. The account includes several chapters on their travels in and around New Zealand...