Travels in Mesopotamia 2 Volume Set
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-04216-1 (ISBN)
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Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms and for the promotion of the temperance movement. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum, covering a wide range of topics from literature to popular science. This two-volume work, published in 1827, recounts Buckingham's journey through Mesopotamia, and his opinions of its inhabitants. In Volume 1 he travels from Aleppo in Syria to Sinjar (now in northern Iraq). Volume 2 covers the journey from Sinjar to Baghdad, where illness led to a longer stay.
Volume 1: Preface; 1. Journey from Aleppo to the banks of the Euphrates; 2. Passage of the River Euphrates, at Beer; 3. From Beer, across the Plains of the Turcomans, to Orfah; 4. Entry of the caravan into the city of Orfah; 5. History and description of Orfah - the Edessa of the Greeks, and the Ur of the Chaldees; 6. Further detention at Orfah: interior of the city, gardens, and entertainments; 7. From Orfah to the encampment of El Mazār; 8. From the Arab camp et El Mazār, to Mardin; 9. Entry into, and stay at, Mardin; 10. Journey from Mardin to Diarbekr; 11. Description of Diarbekr; 12. From Diarbekr to Mardin, Dara, and Nisibis; 13. From Nisibeen, across the Plain of Sinjar. Volume 2: 1. From the Plain of Sinjar, by Romoila, to Mousul; 2. Description of Mousul; 3. Visit to the ruins of Nineveh, and journey from Mousul to the River Lycus; 4. From Ain Koura, by the ancient Arbela, to Kerkook; 5. From Kerkook, by Kiffree, to Kara Tuppe, or the Black Hill; 6. From Kara Tuppe, by Delhi Abass, to Bagdad; 7. Description of Bagdad; 8. Excursion to Akkerkoof; 9. Journey from Bagdad to the ruins of Babylon; 10. Search after the walls of Babylon; 11. Visit to the Tower of Babel and Temple of Belus, or the Birs Nimrood; 12. Observations made at Bagdad; 13. Excursion to the ruins of Ctesiphon and Seleucia; 14. Further stay in Bagdad; Appendix; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.12.2011 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor |
| Zusatzinfo | 28 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 217 mm |
| Gewicht | 1500 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-04216-3 / 1108042163 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-04216-1 / 9781108042161 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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