Due North

Reproduction of the original, first published in 1858. Mid-19th-century written in the mid-19th-century, this travel narrative recounts Maturin M. Ballou's journeys through Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Russia, describing landscapes, cities, historical sites, and local customs. It opens with his arrival in Copenhagen after crossing the Atlantic, where he records first impressions of the city's architecture, its blending of history and modernity, its cultural institutions such as the Thorwaldsen Museum, and the character of its people.