India - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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Memoir of a map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire: with an introduction, illustrative of the geography and present division of that country: and a map of the countries situated between the heads of the Indian rivers, and the Caspian Sea. By James Rennell, F. R. S. Late Major of Engineers, and Surveyor-General in Bengal. To which is added, an appendix, containing an account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers. The second edition. With very considerable additions, and many corrections: and a supplementary map, containing the Geography of the countries, contiguous to the heads of the Indus.
Rennell, James, 1742-1830.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- E-books
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Broader horizons : a study of Johannes Witte de Hese's Itinerarius and medieval travel narratives / Scott D. Westrem.
Scott D. WestremDate: 2001- E-books
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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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An account of the trade in India : containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables : with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena ... : to which is added, an account of the management of the Dutch in their affairs in India / by Charles Lockyer.
Lockyer, CharlesDate: 1711- E-books
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A voyage to East-India wherein some things are taken notice of, in our passage thither, but many more in our abode there, within that rich and most spacious empire of the Great Mogul: mixt with some Parallel Observations and Inferences upon the Story, to profit as well as delight the Reader. Reprinted from the edition of 1655. With copper-plates. Observed by Edward Terry, Then Chaplain to the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Row, Knt. Lord Ambassador to the Great Mogul, And afterwards Rector of the Church at Greenford, in Middlesex.
Terry, Edward, 1590-1660.Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]