Travels in Germany and Russia
Including a Steam Voyage by the Danube and the Euxine from Vienna to Constantinople, in 1838–39

In these travel accounts, published in 1840, British naval officer Adolphus Slade records astute cultural observations from across Europe.

Adolphus Slade (Author)

9781108045186, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 February 2012

526 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg

Sir Adolphus Slade (1804–77), British naval officer and author, documents his experiences crossing Europe to Turkey in these detailed and richly worded travel journals. Having joined the Royal Navy at a young age, he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1827. Subsequently, he was posted on several missions to Turkey and Greece, in between which he would take the opportunity for personal travel and writing. This is one among several works recording his travels across Europe; he was later appointed administrative head of the Turkish Navy (his history of the Crimean War is also reissued in this series). This collection of accounts, first published in 1840, has a remarkably broad scope. Slade covers peculiarities and specificities of tradition, landscape, class, politics and architecture, often describing encounters with individuals. He draws comparisons with England, presenting the reader with a double cultural insight in a fascinating example of nineteenth-century travel writing.

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.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]