Travels in Germany and Russia - Including a Steam Voyage By Danube Euxine From Vienna to

Klappentext In these travel accounts, published in 1840, British naval officer Adolphus Slade records astute cultural observations from across Europe. Zusammenfassung The nineteenth-century travel writer and British naval officer Adolphus Slade published this thoughtful and detailed work in 1840! recording a broad range of observations and encounters made on his travels across Europe to Turkey (where he was later seconded to the Ottoman Navy). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Steam-boat; 2. Hanover; 3. Companions; 4. Vienna; 5. Steamer; 6. Semlin; 7. Orsova; 8. Giurgewo; 9. Quarantine; 10. The Janissaries; 11. Fortification of Constantinople; 12. Diplomatists at Constantinople; 13. Odessa Harbour; 14. Odessa; 15. Corn; 16. Governor; 17. Individuals; 18. Passports; 19. Surprise; 20. Cracow; Language and literature of Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Adolphus Slade, Sir Adolphus Slade
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9781108045186
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04518-6
• No. of pages: 526
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Russia, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Germany, TRAVEL / Europe / Germany, 20th Century, TRAVEL / Russia, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Classic Travel Writing, HISTORY / Russia / General