VersionsTravels in Mesopotamia I [English, London, 1827]
Travels in Mesopotamia II [English, London, 1827]
PREFACE
In laying before the world the present account of a journey through Mesopotamia, I feel a stronger assurance of its beeing acceptable to the generality of reader, than I could venture to indulge on either of two former occasions on which I had to present to the public eye the result of my researches and observations in other countries of the East...
J.S.Buckingham
Tavistock Square, February 5, 1827 Contents
Chapter I / 1 Chapter II / 45 Chapter III / 68 Chapter IV / 89 Chapter V / 120 Chapter VI / 166 Chapter VII / 230 Chapter VIII / 278 Chapter IX / 314 Chapter X / 346 Chapter XI / 364 Chapter XII / 402 Chapter XIII / 448 Chapter I
Journey from Aleppo to the Banks of the Euphrates
After a long and perilous journey from Egypt, through Palestine, Syria and the untravelled countries East of the Jordan and Orontes, I enjoyed a repose of some days in the city of Aleppo : from whence, however, I soon prepared again to depart for the equally interesting regions of Mesopotamia, on my progress to the farther East... TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA INCLUDING A JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO TO BAGDAD,
By the Author of
BEER, ORFAH, DIARBEKR, MARDIN, & MOUSUL ; WITH RESEARCHES ON THE RUINS OF NINEVEH, BABYLON, AND OTHER ANCIENT CITIES
BY J. S. BUCKINGHAM
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I
LONDON : HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET
1827 |