James Silk Buckingham

Autobiography Of James Silk Buckingham

Including His Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes And Failures, Faithfully And Frankly Narrated Interspersed With Characteristic Sketches Of Public Men, With Whom He Has Had Intercourse,

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Produktbeschreibung

In this captivating autobiography, Buckingham tells the story of his remarkable life, including his travels to foreign lands, his experiences as a journalist and editor, and his political activism. He describes the challenges he faced along the way, including imprisonment and censorship, as well as the achievements and successes that gave him great satisfaction. This book is a valuable historical document that offers insight into the life and times of a pioneering journalist and social reformer. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781022276055
• ISBN-10: 1022276050
• Artikelnr.: 70608631

Inhaltsangabe

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.