Un español del siglo XVIII viajando por Inglaterra

• Autores: José Ramón Fernández Suárez
• Localización: ES: Revista de filología inglesa, ISSN 0210-9689, Nº. 15, 1991, págs. 177-190
• Idioma: español
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  • In this article the author deals with a travel book written by the Spanish scholar Antonio Ponz who travelled through England in the summer of 1783. He was a man of the Illustration well known in Spain for his books on Geography and Fine Arts. His purpose in visiting England was to study English Art but at the same time he recorded his impressions on the English landscape, people, learning, religion, economics, food, sports ... and other aspects of English Culture. His Viaje fuera de España is a fountain of information on the England of the 2nd half of the XVIIIth c.