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COCKBURN, Lieut. Gen. George.
The Voyage to Cadiz and Gibraltar up the Mediterranean to Sicily and Malta in 1810-11.
Cockburn, Sir George (1764–1847), soldier, traveller, writer, and antiquary, was born on the 18th of February 1764 in Dublin. He travelled extensively. After his naval service in Gibraltar, he toured Italy and France (1782–3). In 1788–9 he journeyed through France, Germany, and Spain, and in 1810–11, after relinquishing his command in Sicily, travelled widely through the island and later published 'A Voyage to Cadiz and Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean to Sicily and Malta', in 1810, & 11, including a description of Sicily and the Lipari Islands, and an excursion in Portugal (1815).
- Published
- London: J. Harding; Dublin: M.N. Mahon, 1815.
- References
- Abbey Travel 1 197; Abbott 117; Mira p.236; Prideaux pp.234 & 331; Bobins 562.
- Plates
- 23 + 2
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: J. Harding; Dublin: M.N. Mahon, 1815.
- Ref
- 5188
2 vols; 8vo. There are twenty-three hand-coloured aquatints, six maps and plans (3 folding), title pages uncoloured, and an engraved vignette at the end of each volume. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, flat spine with gilt, blue edges. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Scylla. 2. Vignette title page. View on the Coast off Tindari (sepia). 3. Fort Gonzago, and Country behind Messina. 4. Messina. 5. Scaletta. 6. The Great Crater of Etna. 7. Catania & Etna from Biscari Garden. 8. Catania & Mount Etna. 9. Taorminum (folding plate). 10. Pass at St. Alepo, between Messina and Taorminum. 11. Castle of Lipari. 12. Volcano, from the Hill near the Ancient Baths at Lipari. 13. Winter view of Etna, fom near Melazzo. 14. Rometta. 15. Convent of St. Martin near Palermo. Volume 2. 16. Frontispiece. View of Murat's Camp & Flotilla in Calabria, with a division of British Gun Boats standing across to attack. 17. Vignette title page. View of Ceuta (sepia). 18. Monte Pellegrino, Palermo. 19. Distant view of the Ancient Temple of Segesta. 20. Girgenti. 21. Cape St. Vincent. 22. Cintra. 23. Distant view of Etna, from the Sea, opposite Catania. 24. Stromboli [Plan] Franca Villa and the Battle between the Spaniards and the Austrians in 1719 (folding). 25. View of Castiglione from Villa Franca.
