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Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, east of the River Jordan / monograph

In this 1821 work, Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) describes his journey from Egypt by sea to Syria and then to Palestine. Though he visited many cities including Jerusalem, he considered his experiences in Bashan and Gilead to form the climax of his journey.
Print Book, English, ©2012
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ©2012
xxv, 553 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 30 cm.
9781108042178, 1108042171
908259702
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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