The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-14

The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-14

Author: Sir William Foster

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1317012097

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Journals, extracts from journals, and narratives, written on board the Dragon and Hosiander by Best and various other persons, including Ralph Standish and Ralph Croft, with Best's correspondence and extracts from the Court minutes of the East India Company. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1934.


The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-1614

The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies, 1612-1614

Author: Thomas Best

Publisher: Asian Educational Services

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9788120610392

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The Present Volume Narrates The Tenth Voyage Conducted By The East India Company During The Years 1612-14. The Most Notable Achievement Of The Mission Was The Settlement Of A Factory At Surat And Victory Over The Portuguese, Thus Boosting The National Spirit Of The British And Providing The Establishment Of Hopeful Commerce In India.


The Shogun's Silver Telescope

The Shogun's Silver Telescope

Author: Timon Screech

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0198832036

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The East India Company, founded in London in 1600, was the world's biggest trading organization until the twentieth century. It was originally a spice trading organization, and its existence was precarious in its early years. But its governors soon began to think bigger. A decade after itsfoundation, they started to plan voyages to more fabulous places, notably Japan. Japan had silver, was cold in winter, and had no sheep, so was a perfect market for England's main export, woollen cloth. The Company planned to add to its spice-runs, sailing back and forth to Japan, exchanging woolfor silver. This could be done quickly and easily, over the top of Russia - or so the maps of the day suggested (these same maps also showed Japan twenty times too large, about the size of India).Knowing the Spanish and Portuguese had got there before them, the Company prepared a special present to impress and win over their Japanese hosts. They chose as their first gift a silver telescope. The expedition carrying the telescope departed in 1611, and the Shogun was finally presented with thetelescope in the name of King James I in 1613. It was the first telescope ever to leave Europe, and the first made as a presentation item. Before this voyage had even returned, the Company had dispatched another with an equally stunning cargo: nearly a hundred oil paintings.This is the story of these two extraordinary cargoes: what they meant for the fortunes of the Company, what the choice of them says about the seventeenth century England from which they came, and what effect they had on the quizzical Asian rulers to whom they were given.


An Indonesian Frontier

An Indonesian Frontier

Author: Anthony Reid

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9789971692988

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This book is the fruit of 40 years study of Sumatran history, from the 16th century to the present. While seeking patterns of coherence in the vast island frontier, this book focuses on Aceh, which has both the most illustrious state history and the most troubled present.


Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713

Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713

Author: Gerald MacLean

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-05-26

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0199203180

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Explores the interactions between Britain and the Islamic world from 1558 to 1713, showing how much scholars, diplomats, traders, captives, travellers, clerics, and chroniclers were involved in developing and describing those interactions.


Nur Jahan, Empress of Mughal India

Nur Jahan, Empress of Mughal India

Author: Ellison Banks Findly

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 0195074882

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"Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history, and Ellison Findly's biography is an intriguing, elegantly written account of her life and times. Findly's work not only revises the legends that portray Nur Jahan as a power-hungry and malicious woman, but also investigates the paths to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism, providing a fascinating picture of life inside the 'mahal' (harem)"--Publisher's website.