This two-volume autobiography of James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), traveller, writer and social idealist, was published in 1855.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface 1. Reasons for writing this autobiography 2. Excitement of the French Revolution, in 1792 3. My going to sea at length determined on 4. Sailing from Falmouth, after adieus and struggles 5. Second voyage to Lisbon in the same ship 6. Disastrous issue for my third voyage to Lisbon 7. Setting out on our march through Galicia 8. The English fleet of Sir John Jervis entering the Tagus 9. Complete change in the current of my life 10. Life of ease and pleasure passed on shore 11. Determination to resume my original sea-life 12. Delay in the arrival of an expected ship 13. First voyage to the West Indies in the Titus 14. Portuguese merchants from Lisbon and Oporto 15. Voyage to Virginia, in America, in the ship Rising States 16. First appointment as Captain of a West Indiaman, at twenty-one 17. First entertainment at a military mess-room 18. Homeward voyage from the Bahama Islands 19. Association with captains, merchants, and ship-owners 20. Anticipations and preparations for the Mediterranean 21. Departure from Gibraltar for Malta 22. Departure from Malta for the Archipelago.
Preface 1. Reasons for writing this autobiography 2. Excitement of the French Revolution, in 1792 3. My going to sea at length determined on 4. Sailing from Falmouth, after adieus and struggles 5. Second voyage to Lisbon in the same ship 6. Disastrous issue for my third voyage to Lisbon 7. Setting out on our march through Galicia 8. The English fleet of Sir John Jervis entering the Tagus 9. Complete change in the current of my life 10. Life of ease and pleasure passed on shore 11. Determination to resume my original sea-life 12. Delay in the arrival of an expected ship 13. First voyage to the West Indies in the Titus 14. Portuguese merchants from Lisbon and Oporto 15. Voyage to Virginia, in America, in the ship Rising States 16. First appointment as Captain of a West Indiaman, at twenty-one 17. First entertainment at a military mess-room 18. Homeward voyage from the Bahama Islands 19. Association with captains, merchants, and ship-owners 20. Anticipations and preparations for the Mediterranean 21. Departure from Gibraltar for Malta 22. Departure from Malta for the Archipelago.
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