A Voyage to the World in the Centre of the Earth. Giving an account of the manners, customs, laws, government and religion of the inhabitants. Their Persons and Habits described: With several other Particulars. In which is introduced, The History of an Inhabitant of the Air, Written by Himself. With some account of the planetary worlds

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TitleA Voyage to the World in the Centre of the Earth. Giving an account of the manners, customs, laws, government and religion of the inhabitants. Their Persons and Habits described: With several other Particulars. In which is introduced, The History of an Inhabitant of the Air, Written by Himself. With some account of the planetary worlds
Year for Search1755
Date Published1755
PublisherPtd. for S. Crowder and H. Woodgate
Place PublishedLondon
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Eutopia. Vegetarian. Rational--all creatures are rational souls; therefore, there are no extremes of inequality. A strict life in which people spend as little time as possible on the needs of nature.
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Extract published as Bruce’s Voyage to Naples, and Journey Up Mount Vesuvius; giving an account of the Strange Disaster Which Happened on his Arrival at the Summit; The Discovery of the Central World; with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of that Nation, described; their swift and Peculiar Mode of Travelling; the Wonderful Riches, Virtue, and Knowledge, the Inhabitants possess; the Author’s Travels in that Country; and the Friendly Reception he met with from its Sovereign and His People. London: Ptd. by S. Fisher, [1802]. Rpt. in Utopias of the British Enlightenment. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 249-97.
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1755 A Voyage to the World in the Centre of the Earth. Giving an account of the manners, customs, laws, government and religion of the inhabitants. Their Persons and Habits described: With several other Particulars. In which is introduced, The History of an Inhabitant of the Air, Written by Himself. With some account of the planetary worlds. London: Ptd. for S. Crowder and H. Woodgate. Extract published as Bruce’s Voyage to Naples, and Journey Up Mount Vesuvius; giving an account of the Strange Disaster Which Happened on his Arrival at the Summit; The Discovery of the Central World; with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of that Nation, described; their swift and Peculiar Mode of Travelling; the Wonderful Riches, Virtue, and Knowledge, the Inhabitants possess; the Author’s Travels in that Country; and the Friendly Reception he met with from its Sovereign and His People. London: Ptd. by S. Fisher, [1802]. Rpt. in Utopias of the British Enlightenment. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 249-97. DLC, L, O

Eutopia. Vegetarian. Rational--all creatures are rational souls; therefore, there are no extremes of inequality. A strict life in which people spend as little time as possible on the needs of nature.