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

Klappentext This two-volume autobiography of James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), traveller, writer and social idealist, was published in 1855. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Voyage through the Straits of Scio to Smyrna; 2. New phase of life. Gaiety and pleasure in London; 3. Stay at Malta and agreeable parties there; 4. Agreeable stay at Smyrna, notwithstanding the plague; 5. Sail from Smyrna with a companion, the Hermes; 6. Elegant hospitalities and agreeable parties in England; 7. Sail for Smyrna. Leaving goods behind at Malta; 8. Embark for Egypt in the schooner Theodosia; 9. Voyage from Alexandria to Rosetta by the Lakes; 10. Offer to transport ships across the Desert of Suez; 11. Visit a caravan of slaves from the interior of Africa; 12. Descent of the Nile from Nubia, and the Cataracts; 13. Descent of the Nile from Keneh to Cairo; 14. Journey in search of the ancient canal; 15. Journey through the land of Goshen; 16. First interview with Mohammed Ali Pasha; 17. Departure for India by Suez and the Red Sea; 18. Voyage from Jedda by Loheia and Hodeida to Mocha; 19. Entrance to the noble harbour of Bombay; 20. Mercantile want of confidence in the Egyptian Pasha; 21. Voyage from Bombay to Suez by the Red Sea; 22. Arrival at Suez, and journey across the desert.

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: 9781108038584
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03858-4
• No. of pages: 442
• 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