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Travels in Mesopotamia: With Researches on the Ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and Other Ancient Cities
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Travels in Mesopotamia: With Researches on the Ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and Other Ancient Cities
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) James Silk Buckingham
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| Series | Travels in Mesopotamia 2 Volume Set |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:532 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Geographical discovery and exploration
Classic travel writing |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108042147
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| Classifications | Dewey:935.02 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
13 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
29 December 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 illustrated two-volume work, published in 1827, recounts Buckingham's journey through Mesopotamia, giving descriptions of its ancient sites and opinions of its modern inhabitants. In Volume 1, Buckingham recounts in great detail his journey from the historic city, Aleppo in Syria to Sinjar (now in north-western Iraq).
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