Sketch of a plan, for effecting a voyage round the globe, by the route of, India, China, Japan, and...
Sketch of a plan, for effecting a voyage round the globe, by the route of, India, China, Japan, and the Pacific Isles, for the purpose of discovery, civilization, and commerce, combined : to be performed under the direction and command of J. S. Buckingham.
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Publisher
[London] Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, [approximately 1830]
Call Numbers
HF 2016/44
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Language
English
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Physical content
1 sheet. ; 43 x 34 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
sheet
Publication information
Publisher
[London] Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, [approximately 1830]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[approximately 1830]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Promotional broadside for a prospectus of a voyage to the Pacific, under the direction of James Silk Buckingham. The broadside includes an outline of the plan and recommendations of how the voyage may benefit, "both Houses of Parliament", "Clergy and Gentry of England", "Bankers", "Manufacturers", "Shipowners", and "the Ladies of England generally...
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Full title
Sketch of a plan, for effecting a voyage round the globe, by the route of, India, China, Japan, and the Pacific Isles, for the purpose of discovery, civilization, and commerce, combined : to be performed under the direction and command of J. S. Buckingham.
Portion of title
Voyage round the globe
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Title from caption.
"In the course of which it is intended to promote and accomplish the following interesting and important objects of public and private benefit: The collection of general information regarding the East. The Diffusion of useful knowledge in every quarter. The extension of the sale of British manufactures. The discovery of new articles of commercial r...
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Biographical note
James Silk Buckingham was an English traveller, author and journalist. He spent many of his early years at sea, travelling through Egypt, Palestine, Persia and India, where he established the newspaper the Calcutta Journal in 1818. He was imprisoned, whilst on his third voyage in 1797, by the French in Corunna, Spain for three months. Upon returnin...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HF 2016/44
Record Identifier
74VKVd3kq60X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVd3kq60X
Other Identifiers
DDC
910.4
MMS ID
991024000318802626
