Author: East India CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Register of Letters &c. of the Governour and Company of Merchants of London Trading Into the East Indies, 1600-1619
Author: East India CompanyThe Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing His Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago
Author: John JourdainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
John Jourdain (died 1619) was a British captain in the service of the East India Company. He joined the company as a factor in 1607 and first sailed on its "Fourth Voyage" to India, making stops along the way at the Cape of Good Hope, Socotra and other Indian Ocean islands, and Aden and Mocha in Yemen, before arriving at Surat. The Fourth Voyage consisted of two ships, the Union and the Ascension. A pinnace was built and added to the two ships during a stop at Table Bay. The voyage encountered many problems, and the ships never made it back to England. Bad weather in the Indian Ocean separated the vessels, and hostilities with the Portuguese and with the natives often broke out, making the voyage the worst in the company's early history. After failing to secure a trading post in India and dismayed with the time and gifts they wasted on Mughal officials, the British headed back to the Red Sea, where they resorted to seizing and ransoming Indian ships near Mocha. Jourdain was later sent on a mission to Sumatra, this time to challenge the Dutch monopoly on trade in the Spice Islands. The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing his Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago is the author's narrative of the nine years he was away while serving in the East India Company. The book begins with a lengthy introduction summarizing and elucidating the events that Jourdain chronicled in his journal. It begins on March 25, 1608, when he left the Downs, on the southeast coast of England, and ends on June 19, 1617, when his journal ceased with a final entry written near Dungeness, on the way to the Downs. On a later journey, Jourdain was shot by a Dutch sniper in Patani, India and died from his wounds in July 1619. The journal entries vary in length and substance, from brief descriptions of the weather conditions at sea to much longer accounts of events and places. Lists of authorities, bibliographies, and appendices of people and places are given at the end of the book.
The Register of Letters, &c
Author: East India CompanyThe Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, describing his Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago
Author: William FosterPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 131702673X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
An account of the East India Company's fourth voyage; with an appendix containing William Revett's 1609 account of the Seychelles, and reports on other places by merchants and seamen of the same period. Appendices: A. William Revett's account of the Seychelles. B. William Revett's narrative of events at Aden, his voyage to Mocha, etc. C. Captain Sharpeigh's account of events at Aden and Mocha, of the shipwreck, and of his subsequent journey to Agra. D. William Finch's description of Ma?ndu? and Gwalior. E. Coen's narrative of the visit of the Darling to Amboyna and Ceram. F. The fight at Patani and death of Jourdain. "Bibliography (by Basil H. Soulsby)": p. [375]-384. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1905.
A History of British India: To the overthrow of the English in the Spice Archipelago [1623
Author: William Wilson HunterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
... Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Before Orientalism
Author: Richmond Tyler BarbourPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521650472
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Table of contents
Helps for Students of History
Author: Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Author: Giles MiltonPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466873477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas. The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored. Yet 370 years ago, Run's harvest of nutmeg (a pound of which yielded a 3,200 percent profit by the time it arrived in England) turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and the British Crown. The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland but in return was given Manhattan. This led not only to the birth of New York but also to the beginning of the British Empire. Such a deal was due to the persistence of one man. Nathaniel Courthope and his small band of adventurers were sent to Run in October 1616, and for four years held off the massive Dutch navy. Nathaniel's Nutmeg centers on the remarkable showdown between Courthope and the Dutch Governor General Jan Coen, and the brutal fate of the mariners racing to Run--and the other corners of the globe--to reap the huge profits of the spice trade. Written with the flair of a historical sea novel but based on rigorous research, Giles Milton's Nathaniel's Nutmeg is a brilliant adventure story by Giles Milton, a writer who has been hailed as the "new Bruce Chatwin" (Mail on Sunday).