Twentieth post: The diary of Howard Carter (1922)

'There was naturally short suspense for those present who could not see, when Lord Carnarvon said to me `Can you see anything'. I replied to him Yes, it is wonderful. I then with precaution made the hole sufficiently large for both of us to see.'"
- Sunday, November 26, 1922.

The diary of Howard Carter in 1922 tells us the story of the discovery of the greatest tomb ever found in Egypt: Tutankhamun's (or King Tut, as some call him).
This journal is a magical window to a prime moment in 20th Century history, digitally preserved in this version thanks to the Griffith Institute in Oxford.


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: The website of Katja and Jeremy

Nineteenth post: The Journals of Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)

Everyone hears about these diaries, but few bother to read them.

Digitally brought to us by the American Studies of the University of Virginia,Merriweather Lewis and William Clark's journals are the closest you can get to a true American exploration experience.
Two hundred years later, they remain compelling and revealing documents for the joy of generations to come.


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: lewisandclark200.com

Eighteenth post: Diary of Edwin Jones: France, Egypt and Mesopotamia (1915-1916)

Saturday afternoon, the weather looks bleak outside.
I found a telling one, the diary of Edwin Jones and his experiences during World War I - where we learn about his trips to
France, Egypt and Mesopotamia (1915-1916).

SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: FirstWorldWar.com

Excerpt:

'April 18th 1916: Attack still on and over 600 cases passed through our hands.

Bandages, splints, &c had run out, and we got about 30 Indians working making bandages, and as fast as they were made, so they were used, and in many case men's shirts were torn, and used as bandages. One poor chap was brought in with a shrapnel wound in the foot and 12 bayonet wound in the body. He remained perfectly still whilst being dressed, but begged for water. The Major said No; however, I just managed to give him some when the Officer wasn't looking.'

Seventeenth post: Amiel's Journal (1848)

Amiel's Journal was written in Geneva in 1848. Religious and philosophical, his work seeks higher understanding in everyday matters.


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: dailycelebrations.com

A favorite entry:
September 7, 1851. (Aix).- 'It is ten o'clock at night. A strange and
mystic moonlight, with a fresh breeze and a sky crossed by a few
wandering clouds, makes our terrace delightful. These pale and gentle
rays shed from the zenith a subdued and penetrating peace; it is like
the calm joy or the pensive smile of experience, combined with a certain
stoic strength. The stars shine, the leaves tremble in the silver light.
Not a sound in all the landscape; great gulfs of shadow under the green
alleys and at the corners of the steps. Everything is secret, solemn,
mysterious.'

Sixteenth post: The journals of the Macquaries (1809-1822)

Lachlan Macquarie was a Scottish Highland officer, who later became Governor of New South Wales. The 'Journals of his Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land' contain multiple references to a world now lost, through the eyes of this British couple.

Here is a picture of their Gruline House, in the island of Mull:


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: Macquarie University Library

Elizabeth died peacefully there, at the age of 56.

Fifteenth post: The Diaries of George Washington (1741-99)

Six volumes of wisdom and vision and other things; the Library of Congress did a fine job in reproducing here the work originally printed by the University Press of Virginia, at Charlottesville in 1976.


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: The Caldwell Gallery website.

Fourteenth post: The Diary of John Henry Asendorf (1898)

Another war diary; this one contains the story of a Pennsylvania Volunteer During the Philippine-American War (1898 - 1899)

Thirteenth post: Southeast Asia Diary (1997)

I trust everyone will find 'Southeast Asia Diary:
Tales of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand' very interesting. Such is the title to the travel diary of Andy Carvin, containing reflections on his extensive Asian travels with his traveling buddy, Susanne Cornwall. Don't miss their trip to Angkor Wat!


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: Susanne's travelogue site.

Twelfth posting: Joe Mastroianni's Antartica Diaries

The title of this day's selected blog is 'Transmissions from the Ice' and started in 2001.


SOURCE FOR THIS PICTURE: killerowls.com


Check his posting on Scott's Discovery hut for fresh pictures of it.