America - Volume 1

James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) was a writer who travelled extensively throughout the world and published accounts of his adventures in places such as India Persia Egypt and Palestine. In addition he was a supporter of political reform and served as the first MP for Sheffield from 1832 to 1837. On retiring from Parliament he left for North America where he spent nearly four years saying I had a strong desire to add to the knowledge … acquired of the Old World by examining for myself the most favoured portion of the New. He recounts part of his time in America - during which he visited every state in the Union except Florida and Arkansas as well as some of the provinces of Canada - in this three-volume work published in 1841. Volume 1 focuses on his time in New York Washington DC and Baltimore....See More