A New Account of East India and Persia
A New Account of East India and Persia

Author: John Fryer

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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Describes the cities of Surat and Bombay, the life and trade there, as well as at Madras; includes an account of the struggle of the Maharattas under Sivaji to resist absorption into Aurangzib's empire, an analysis of the political state of the kingdom of Bijapur, and information about natural science. The Persian portion of the book recounts the eighteen-month sojurn the author spent in southern Persia and Isphahan in 1677-78.

Early Modern Tales of Orient
Early Modern Tales of Orient

Author: Kenneth Parker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-28

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1135637474

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Early Modern Tales of Orient is the first volume to collect together these travellers' tales and make them available to today's students and scholars. By introducing a fascinating array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker challenges widely-held assumptions about Early Modern encounters in the Orient. The documents assembled in Early Modern Tales of Orient have extraordinary resonance for us today. Many of the discourses which in part, emerged from those early encounters - such as Islamophobia, English Nationalism, and the Catholic/Protestant divide - are still active in contemporary society. This volume sheds a unique light on the development of a very English interest in 'the exotic'.

The British Cotton Trade, 1660-1815 Vol 1
The British Cotton Trade, 1660-1815 Vol 1

Author: Beverly Lemire

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-24

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1000559505

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First published in 2010. Cotton was the first industrialized global trade. This four-volume reset edition charts the rise of British trade in cotton from the days of small-scale trading between the Middle East and India to the domination of British-led industrialized manufacture. Part contains ‘Early Years of Trade and British Response to Indian Cottons to the late 1600s’.

The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover
The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover

Author: Kevin Joel Berland

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0807839116

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William Byrd II (1674-1744) was an important figure in the history of colonial Virginia: a founder of Richmond, an active participant in Virginia politics, and the proprietor of one of the colony's greatest plantations. But Byrd is best known today for his diaries. Considered essential documents of private life in colonial America, they offer readers an unparalleled glimpse into the world of a Virginia gentleman. This book joins Byrd's Diary, Secret Diary, and other writings in securing his reputation as one of the most interesting men in colonial America. Edited and presented here for the first time, Byrd's commonplace book is a collection of moral wit and wisdom gleaned from reading and conversation. The nearly six hundred entries range in tone from hope to despair, trust to dissimulation, and reflect on issues as varied as science, religion, women, Alexander the Great, and the perils of love. A ten-part introduction presents an overview of Byrd's life and addresses such topics as his education and habits of reading and his endeavors to understand himself sexually, temperamentally, and religiously, as well as the history and cultural function of commonplacing. Extensive annotations discuss the sources, background, and significance of the entries.