A New Account of East-India and Persia in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations Made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, Of Their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Healt, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of Their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts
A New Account of East-India and Persia in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations Made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, Of Their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Healt, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of Their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts

Author: John Fryer

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Published: 1698

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A New Account of East India and Persia in Eight Letters
A New Account of East India and Persia in Eight Letters

Author: John Fryer

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Published: 1985

Total Pages: 498

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John Fryer (circa 1650-1733) was a British traveler and writer. After studying medicine at Cambridge University, he went to India, where he first worked as a surgeon in the employ of the East India Company, with which his family most likely had some kind of connection. He left England in December 1672 and did not return until August 1682. A New Account of East India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681 is Fryer's account of the time he spent in the East. The book is organized in eight letters, most of which are further divided into chapters. Letter one covers the passage to India. Letters two, three, and four recount Fryer's time in India. Letter five, by far the longest in the book, is an account of his time in Persia, with detailed descriptions of the Safavid capital of Isfahan, Shiraz, and the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis. Letter six covers Fryer's return to India and his stay in the cities of Bharuch, Baharampur, and Surat in present-day western India. Letter seven consists of "General Occurrences and Remarks"; letter eight covers the trip back to England via the Cape of Good Hope and Ascension Island, Saint Helena, and the Azores. The book is rich in details of natural history and is particularly valuable as an account of how medicine was practiced in Persia and India, reflecting Fryer's training as a physician. Fryer's writings are known for his lively curiosity and his observations in geology, meteorology, and other scientific fields. He also describes the lives and customs of the minority peoples of Persia, including the Gabrs (Zoroastrians), Armenians, Georgians, and Jews, and offers insights into the activities of rival European powers--the Portuguese, Dutch, and French--in the countries he visited.

The East India Company, 1600-1857
The East India Company, 1600-1857

Author: William A. Pettigrew

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 131719196X

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This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the East India Company facilitated cross-cultural interactions between the English and various groups in South Asia between 1600 to 1857 and how these interactions transformed important features of both British and South Asian history. Rather than viewing the Company as an organization projecting its authority from London to India, the volume shows how the Company’s history and its broader historical significance can best be understood by appreciating the myriad ways in which these interactions shaped the Company’s story and altered the course of history. Bringing together the latest research and several case studies, the work includes examinations of the formulation of economic theory, the development of corporate strategy, the mechanics of state finance, the mapping of maritime jurisdiction, the government and practice of religions, domesticity, travel, diplomacy, state formation, art, gift-giving, incarceration, and rebellion. Together, the essays will advance the understanding of the peculiarly corporate features of cross-cultural engagement during a crucial early phase of globalization. Insightful and lucid, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of modern history, South Asian studies, economic history, and political studies.

The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing His Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago
The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, Describing His Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago

Author: John Jourdain

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Published: 1905

Total Pages: 492

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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 Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, describing his Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago
The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617, describing his Experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago

Author: William Foster

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 131702673X

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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.