A new account of East India and Persia. Being nine years' travels, 1672-1681. By John Fryer. Edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke
- Bib ID:
- 8172011
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fryer, John, -1733, author
- Description:
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- London, Hakluyt Society, 1909-15
- 3 volumes frontispiece (portraits) illustrations, plates (part folded) maps. 23 cm.
- Series:
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- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 19-20, 39.
- Hallstrom Pacific Collection.
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
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- Reproduction of the t.p. and plates, slightly reduced, of the edition of 1698.
- "List of authorities": vol. III, pages 203-212.
- Also issued online.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Crooke, William, 1848-1923, editor
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1923
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1915
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