Twenty-nine essays by foreign writers on the journeys of their compatriot's and by American specialists in the cultures of the other travelers to the United States highlight the observations of European, South American, Asian and African visitors during the first century-and-a-half of its existence as a nation. Issued to accompany the "Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation 1776-1914" exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1976, Washington, D.C.. Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1976 by the Smithsonian Institution