Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham - Including His Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes

This two-volume autobiography of James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), traveller, writer and social idealist, was published in 1855.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Reasons for writing this autobiography; 2. Excitement of the French Revolution, in 1792; 3. My going to sea at length determined on; 4. Sailing from Falmouth, after adieus and struggles; 5. Second voyage to Lisbon in the same ship; 6. Disastrous issue for my third voyage to Lisbon; 7. Setting out on our march through Galicia; 8. The English fleet of Sir John Jervis entering the Tagus; 9. Complete change in the current of my life; 10. Life of ease and pleasure passed on shore; 11. Determination to resume my original sea-life; 12. Delay in the arrival of an expected ship; 13. First voyage to the West Indies in the Titus; 14. Portuguese merchants from Lisbon and Oporto; 15. Voyage to Virginia, in America, in the ship Rising States; 16. First appointment as Captain of a West Indiaman, at twenty-one; 17. First entertainment at a military mess-room; 18. Homeward voyage from the Bahama Islands; 19. Association with captains, merchants, and ship-owners; 20. Anticipations and preparations for the Mediterranean; 21. Departure from Gibraltar for Malta; 22. Departure from Malta for the Archipelago.

Summary

James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) was a writer who travelled extensively and published accounts of his adventures in places such as India, Persia, Egypt, and Palestine. He served as an M.P., and was a supporter of political and social reforms. His two volumes of autobiography appeared in 1855.

Product details

• Authors: James Silk Buckingham, Buckingham James Silk
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108038577
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03857-7
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia; Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, Classic Travel Writing