{"product_id":"autobiography-of-james-silk-buckingham-including-his-voyages-travels-adventures-speculations-successes-and-failures-paperback-9781108038584","title":"Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham; Including his Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes and Failures (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108038584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAutobiography of James Silk Buckingham\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding his Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes and Failures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume autobiography of James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), traveller, writer and social idealist, was published in 1855.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Silk Buckingham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108038584, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e442 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames 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 first went to sea as a boy, and, aged only ten, spent a period as a prisoner-of-war in Spain. He was expelled from India in 1823 for criticising the East India Company and the Bengal government. Back in London, he was a supporter of reform, and served as the first M.P. for the new constituency of Sheffield, from 1832 to 1837. He founded several journals, including The Athenaeum. On retiring from Parliament, he left for North America, where he spent nearly four years, and was highly critical of America's economic dependence on slavery. His autobiography was cut short by his death. Volume 2 covers his travels in the Middle East and India, where he met European travellers including Belzoni and Burckhardt.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Voyage through the Straits of Scio to Smyrna\u003cbr\u003e 2. New phase of life. Gaiety and pleasure in London\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stay at Malta and agreeable parties there\u003cbr\u003e 4. Agreeable stay at Smyrna, notwithstanding the plague\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sail from Smyrna with a companion, the Hermes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Elegant hospitalities and agreeable parties in England\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sail for Smyrna. Leaving goods behind at Malta\u003cbr\u003e 8. Embark for Egypt in the schooner Theodosia\u003cbr\u003e 9. Voyage from Alexandria to Rosetta by the Lakes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Offer to transport ships across the Desert of Suez\u003cbr\u003e 11. Visit a caravan of slaves from the interior of Africa\u003cbr\u003e 12. Descent of the Nile from Nubia, and the Cataracts\u003cbr\u003e 13. Descent of the Nile from Keneh to Cairo\u003cbr\u003e 14. Journey in search of the ancient canal\u003cbr\u003e 15. Journey through the land of Goshen\u003cbr\u003e 16. First interview with Mohammed Ali Pasha\u003cbr\u003e 17. Departure for India by Suez and the Red Sea\u003cbr\u003e 18. Voyage from Jedda by Loheia and Hodeida to Mocha\u003cbr\u003e 19. Entrance to the noble harbour of Bombay\u003cbr\u003e 20. Mercantile want of confidence in the Egyptian Pasha\u003cbr\u003e 21. Voyage from Bombay to Suez by the Red Sea\u003cbr\u003e 22. Arrival at Suez, and journey across the desert.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266056474904,"sku":"9781108038584","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108038584i.jpg?v=1696746368","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/autobiography-of-james-silk-buckingham-including-his-voyages-travels-adventures-speculations-successes-and-failures-paperback-9781108038584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}