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A new account of the East Indies. Being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the cape of Goodhope, and the island of Japon ... / [Alexander Hamilton].

  • Alexander Hamilton
Date:
1727
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Credit: A new account of the East Indies. Being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the cape of Goodhope, and the island of Japon ... / [Alexander Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wan it is, fmce fo gnat a as Bifhop Burnet has been fo fe- • .u„„j lajht by one that could know no more of his affairs or Negotiations, than he knows oj mine, or of many Coun¬ tries that I have been in. _And many a hard Lajh, and fcurri- lous Name the right reverend Father has gotten for writing fo favourably of himfelf, and his own Conduct in his Management of various important y4f - fairs, among Politicians, and Statef- men ■, yet I am obliged to follow his Example in fome particular Cafes, where J had Occafion to a& on the Stage of the Pattern World, tho' J am not ignorant of the great Odds that the Bifhop had of me, both in Education and Capaci¬ ty, yet when I confider, that the Sun is placed in a much higher Orb than the Moon, and his Splendor much brigh¬ ter, and his Influences much more bene¬ ficent, neverthelefs the has fome very ufeful Qualities, that gains her fome Admirers as well as he, tho’ not fo nu- .] 4 .. . ' 1 merom.