Dover

City, village, …

Dover, United Kingdom

An English city on the English Channel, one of the major ports in England.

When travelling back from London, Johann Conrad Fischer usually took the ferry from Dover to Calais.

Traveljournal 1814

Return to France, 10–12 September 1814
Paris–Dover, 18–21 August 1814
Dover–London, 21–22 August 1814
Return to London, 7-8 September 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Acquaintance with Michael Faraday, 8 June 1825
London–Dover, 17 July 1825
Dover–Paris, 18-20 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Guns and grenades in the Woolwich Arsenal, 22 October 1825
Journey home via Paris, 13-21 October 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Crossing the Channel and Mr. Hamer’s travel tips, 21 July 1845
“So you, too, are in England, Colonel?” 21 July 1845
By train from Dover to London, 21 July 1845
Sheffield–London, 2 August 1845
Visit to Faraday and journey to Dover, 4 August 1845
Dover–Ghent, 5 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Crossing from Ostend to Dover, 18 October 1846
Fischer enjoys two “Sandwitchers” in London, 19 October 1846
Last errands and departure from London, 3 November 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Cologne–Ostend, 15 June 1851
Arrival in Dover, 16 June 1851In the original print, this section and the preceding one were conjoined.
Fischer’s walks through London, 26 June 1851
A bathing expedition, 28 June 1851
Fischer on the visit by the British seamen, 30 June 1851
Sheffield–Dover, 9 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: Dover. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/places/gfa-places-1608, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Harbour in Dover (engraving by Thomas Abiel Prior after Chambers, 1880)