Victor Tissot ebooks
/Victor Tissot was a French journalist and writer. Two of his books from the later 1800s for the as ‘books of the week.’ They are both available on Internet Archive with illustrations worth browsing.
These books reflect the knowledge and perceptions of the time --- so remember ‘late 1800s’ when viewing the depictions of places and people. More people were interested in and traveling to remote places…hence more travel books being written. The authors sometimes combined the travels of others into their works…used multiple illustrators (some illustrators also relying on information from others rather than observing in-person). There was plenty of opportunity for incorporation of ‘not quite right’ information!
(click on small sample images to see a larger version).
L'Afrique pittoresque (Picturesque Africa)
Les contrées mystérieuses et les peuples inconnus (Mysterious countries and unknown peoples)
(Note the caption of the last picture mentions Missouri!)
