Reminiscences of My Voyage Round the World 1855 - 1858

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Rare travelogue of Jackson aged 21; 16p no title page (appears as issued. Text inside thick card cream covers with faded patterned paper overlying. Blue quarter bound cloth. Rt. Hon. Thomas Hughes Jackson was born on 26 February 1834 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. His racy narrative begins: "In August 1855. my father thought it would be a good education for me to see the world.it was a kind proposal that I agreed to go on one condition, which was that he would let me travel as a gentleman and not limit my expenditure. To this he gladly asserted, and he gave me credit on the Commercial Bank of London for £2,000, with permission to extend if necessary". He traveled to South Africa, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, where he went gold mining in Ballarat, Sydney and Tasmania. Then Lima in Peru, Rosario and Buenos Ayres. Interesting tale. He was the son of Sir William Jackson, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Hughes. He married Hermine Meinertzhagen, daughter of Daniel Meinertzhagen and Amelia Huth, on 24 June 1862 at Marylebone, London, England.1 He died on 3 January 1930 at age 95 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. He lived in 1851 at Claughton, Cheshire, England.4,1 He lived in 1861 at St. Peter Per Mountgate, Norwich, Norfolk, England.5,1 He lived in 1881 at Claughton, Cheshire, England.2,1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).9 He lived in 1901 at Claughton, Cheshire, England.6,1 He lived at The Manor House, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Covers slightly faded and a bit dusty with just a few specs of foxing on page 1 and some edge wear and few marks on boards. No other copy or reference currently found to it anywhere on net. See scans. N° de ref. del artículo 007702

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