Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, Etc., and of a Cruize in the - Black Sea, With the Capitan Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 183

Klappentext This early publication (1832) by the naval officer Sir Adolphus Slade contains entertaining accounts of pirates! sultans! dignitaries and despots. Zusammenfassung Described as 'a man of sterling common sense', the naval officer Sir Adolphus Slade (1804–1877) was one of the most knowledgeable travel writers of his time. This 1832 account of his early travels in the Mediterranean and Turkey contains entertaining descriptions of fashions and superstitions, dignitaries, despots and pirates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Auberge; 2. Attivo; 3. Syra; 4. Dr. Musmezzi; 5. Caiques; 6. Steam-boat; 7. Chess; 8. Character of Sultan Mahmoud; 9. Beys of Albania; 10. Confidence in the Capital; 11. Buyukderé; 12. Passage of the Danube; 13. Hamid Aga; 14. Sevastopol.

Product details

• Authors: Adolphus Slade, Sir Adolphus Slade
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9781108026017
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02601-7
• No. of pages: 538
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor; Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, etc., and of a Cruize in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, TRAVEL / Europe / Eastern, TRAVEL / Middle East / General, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Middle Eastern history, Classic Travel Writing