{"product_id":"travels-in-north-america-in-the-years-1827-and-1828-paperback-9781108032858","title":"Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108032858","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTravels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed account of Captain Basil Hall's travels in North America between 1827 and 1828, first published in 1829.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBasil Hall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108032858, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.5 x 14 cm, 0.57 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\"\u003eCaptain Basil Hall (1788–1844) was a Scottish seaman and travel writer. After attending the Royal High School in Edinburgh he joined the Navy in 1802, and was appointed captain in 1814. He served on many diplomatic and scientific naval missions, and on his retirement from the Navy began to publish accounts of his experiences, based on his journals. These volumes, first published in 1829, contain his detailed and controversial account of his journey across America and Canada between 1827 and 1828. Hall provides a fascinating and engaging description of social conditions, political structures and political tensions in Canada and America in the period, while also illustrating contemporary English prejudices concerning American society. Volume 3 contains his description of Washington D.C. and his journeys through South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and along the Mississippi river. Hall also includes an analysis of slavery and cotton farming in the southern states.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Washington\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sale of a slave\u003cbr\u003e 3. Debate in Congress on a picture\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Potomac\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the theory and practice of military punishments\u003cbr\u003e 6. The dismal swamp\u003cbr\u003e 7. Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 8. Journey from Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 9. American Veturino\u003cbr\u003e 10. Commencement of the journey through the state of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e 11. Passage of the Yam Grandy\u003cbr\u003e 12. Distress of the Creek Indians\u003cbr\u003e 13. Montgomery on the Alabama\u003cbr\u003e 14. Trip to the mouths of the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 15. Wooding stations on the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 16. Louisville in Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conversation with an American respecting the points of comparison between his country and England.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\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":46266033996056,"sku":"9781108032858","price":34.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108032858i.jpg?v=1694873714","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/travels-in-north-america-in-the-years-1827-and-1828-paperback-9781108032858","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}