Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham : Including his Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes and Failures (Paperback)

1. Voyage through the Straits of Scio to Smyrna; 2. New phase of life. Gaiety and pleasure in London; 3. Stay at Malta and agreeable parties there; 4. Agreeable stay at Smyrna, notwithstanding the plague; 5. Sail from Smyrna with a companion, the Hermes; 6. Elegant hospitalities and agreeable parties in England; 7. Sail for Smyrna. Leaving goods behind at Malta; 8. Embark for Egypt in the schooner Theodosia; 9. Voyage from Alexandria to Rosetta by the Lakes; 10. Offer to transport ships across the Desert of Suez; 11. Visit a caravan of slaves from the interior of Africa; 12. Descent of the Nile from Nubia, and the Cataracts; 13. Descent of the Nile from Keneh to Cairo; 14. Journey in search of the ancient canal; 15. Journey through the land of Goshen; 16. First interview with Mohammed Ali Pasha; 17. Departure for India by Suez and the Red Sea; 18. Voyage from Jedda by Loheia and Hodeida to Mocha; 19. Entrance to the noble harbour of Bombay; 20. Mercantile want of confidence in the Egyptian Pasha; 21. Voyage from Bombay to Suez by the Red Sea; 22. Arrival at Suez, and journey across the desert.