Travels among the Arab Tribes inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine,

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This is the second of Buckingham’s publications documenting his travels in the Middle East between 1813 and 1818. It recounts his journey from Nazareth to Aleppo and Damascus, and it also contains a map of Palestine and Syria. The appendix is an earnest refutation of the charges of plagiarism brought against his 1821 volume recording the first part of his travels. Buckingham settled in India in 1818 and immediately commenced publication of his Calcutta Journal which openly criticized the East India Company. His opinions were ill received and led to his expulsion from India, after which he settled down and became a prolific writer and lecturer. His works are characterised by an ongoing interest in the social conditions of the countries he visited. Blackmer 232.

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