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. In this work, first published in 1821, Buckingham describes his journey from Egypt by sea to Syria and then to Palestine. He ascended Mount Tabor and visited the Holy Sepulchre, but considered his experiences in Bashan and Gilead, east of the Jordan, to form the climax of his journey.

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108042178
- length: 606 pages
- dimensions: 297 x 210 x 31 mm
- weight: 1.43kg
- contains: 31 b/w illus. 5 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Voyage from Egypt to Syria
2. Stay at Soor, the ancient Tyrus
3. Journey from Soor to Acre
4. Description of the town of Acre
5. Journey from Acre to Nazareth
6. Ascent of Mount Tabor
7. Mount Carmel, Dora, and Caesarea
8. By Joppa and Ramlah to Jerusalem
9. Visit to Ramlah, and enquiries into its history
10. Journey from Ramlah, through the mountains, to Jerusalem
11. Visit to the Holy Places, chiefly without the walls of Jerusalem
12. Excursion to Bethlehem, and the Cave of the Nativity
13. Visit to the Cisterns of Solomon
14. Examination of the interior of Jerusalem
15. Visit to Calvary, and the Tomb of Christ
16. Retrospective view of Jerusalem
17. From Jerusalem to Jericho
18. Passage of the Jordan
19. Journey through the mountains of Gilead
20. From the Arab camp to Jerash
21. Ruins of the ancient Geraza
22. From Soof to Oom Kais
23. Ruins of the ancient Gamala
24. From Oom Kais, across the Hieromax and Jordan, to Nazareth
25. From Nazareth to Tiberias
26. Journey along the Lake of Tiberias
27. Description of the town of Tiberias
28. By the Plain of Esdraelon to Jeneen and Sanhoor
29. Shechem, or Neapolis, Mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and the Wells of Samaria
30. Return from Nablous to Nazareth.

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