Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, etc., and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the Years, 1829-1830, and 1831  by Sir Adolphus Slade  RECORDS OF TRAVELS IN TURKEY, GREECE ETC. AND OF A CRUISE IN THE BLACK SEA WITH CAPITAN PASHA IN 1829 1830 1831 (AND) TURKEY AND ITS RESOURCES, ITS MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION AND FREE TRADE THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ENGLISH COMMERCE IN THE EAST THE NEW ADMINISTRATION OF GREECE ITS REVENUE AND NATIONAL POSSESSIONS. Description: William Taylor & Co., New York, 1854. Hardcover. Condition: Fair plus. Cover and outer edges of book soiled, foxing to most of the pages, edge wear to corners and spine ends, spotting to pages, library stamps/writing on the back inside cover. The distinguished naval officer Sir Adolphus Slade (1804-1877) was one of the best-informed and engaging travel writers of the nineteenth century. He was present at the Battle of Navarino in 1827 and as a result of his friendship with Captain Pasha, head of the Turkish navy, undertook this cruise in the Black Sea at a time when Turkey and Russia were at war. Later in his career he was to spend 17 years on secondment to the Turkish navy, heading its administration and improving its efficiency, but already in his twenties, having served in Russia and South America, he was keen to commit his observations of foreign lands to paper. First published in 1832, Slade's account of his travels in the Mediterranean and Turkey responded to the public's appetite for colorful chronicles. Containing descriptions of fashions, superstitions, diets, dignitaries and despots, and covering topics ranging from antiquities and architecture to piracy and cricket, this book remains of interest to historians, archaeologists and travel enthusiasts alike.