{"product_id":"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-paperback-9781108026017","title":"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 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108026017","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRecords 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis early publication (1832) by the naval officer Sir Adolphus Slade contains entertaining accounts of pirates, sultans, dignitaries and despots.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdolphus Slade (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108026017, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages, 1 colour illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.68 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\"\u003eDescribed by one commentator as 'a man of sterling common sense, intellectual rigour and ability', the distinguished naval officer Sir Adolphus Slade (1804–1877) was one of the best-informed and engaging travel writers of the nineteenth century. Later in his career he was to spend 17 years on secondment to the Turkish navy, heading its administration and improving its efficiency, but already in his twenties, having served in Russia and South America, he was keen to commit his observations of foreign lands to paper. First published in 1832, Slade's two-volume account of his travels in the Mediterranean and Turkey responded to the public's appetite for colourful chronicles. It contains descriptions of fashions, superstitions, dignitaries and despots, and covers topics ranging from antiquities and architecture to piracy and cricket. Volume 1 describes the early part of his journey, including his impressions of the Bosporus, the Danube delta and Sevastopol.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Auberge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Attivo\u003cbr\u003e 3. Syra\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dr. Musmezzi\u003cbr\u003e 5. Caiques\u003cbr\u003e 6. Steam-boat\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chess\u003cbr\u003e 8. Character of Sultan Mahmoud\u003cbr\u003e 9. Beys of Albania\u003cbr\u003e 10. Confidence in the Capital\u003cbr\u003e 11. Buyukderé\u003cbr\u003e 12. Passage of the Danube\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hamid Aga\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sevastopol.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\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":46266008863000,"sku":"9781108026017","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108026017i_e96132cc-5bc6-45fa-99ca-ab3fca79a0ef.jpg?v=1694873386","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/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-paperback-9781108026017","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}