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A voyage to the East-Indies began in 1750; with observations continued till 1764; including authentic accounts of the Mogul government ... of the religions in India; ... general reflections on the trade of India. Of the European settlements, ... Illustrated with views drawn on the spot. By John Henry Grose. In two volumes.
Grose, John Henry, fl. 1750-1783.Date: 1766- E-books
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India tracts . By John Zephaniah Holwell, Esq. F.R.S. and friends. Containing, I. An Address to the Proprietors of East-India Stock; setting forth, the unavoidable Necessity, and real Motives, for the Revolution in Bengal, 1760. II. A Refutation of a Letter from certain Gentlemen of the Council at Bengal, to the Honourable the Secret Committee. III. Important Facts regarding the East-India Company's Affairs in Bengal, from the Years 1752 to 1760, with Copies of several very interesting Letters. IV. A Narrative of the deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen who were suffocated in the Black Hole in Fort William, at Calcutta, June 1756. V. A Defence of Mr. Vanfittart's Conduct. Illustrated with A Frontispiece, representing the Monument erected at Calcutta, in Memory of the Sufferers in the Black-Hole Prison.
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711-1798.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- E-books
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An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria . With a curious Narrative of the Siege and taking of the Town and Fortress of Geriah, and the Destruction of his whole Naval Force, by Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive. To which is added, an account of his predecessors, the Angrias, who, for upwards of forty Years, have carried on their Depredations in the East-Indies: The Methods they took to obtain and preserve the Power of Sovereign Princes, and to be a Terror not only to the European Traders, but to the Great Mogul himself. Also A full Account of their Dominions, Forts, Harbours, and Forces by Sea and Land, and of the several Attempts made by this Nation to subdue them. In a letter to a merchant in London, from his brother, a factor at Bombay, who was present in the late Expedition.
Date: M.DCC.LVI. [1756]