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A new voyage to the East Indies: viz. I. To Suratte, and the coast of Arabia, containing a compleat Description of the Maldivy-Islands, their Product, Trade, &c. II. The Religion, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, never before related by any English Author. III. Many curious Observations concerning Arabia and India, not to be found in any other Books of this Nature; with Directions for Travellers. By Capt. William Symson. To which is added, a particular account of the French factories in those parts, and of the general Trade throughout all India. With many excellent remarks by the Sieur Luillier. Adorn'd with cuts.
Symson, William.Date: [1715]- Books
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Letters from the island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies. By Mrs. Kindersley.
Kindersley, Jemina, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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An account of a shoal to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, taken from the relation of some English passengers, and also from the journal of the brigantine Telemaque, Captain Geraud, which sailed from the Cape for Madras, the 22d January, 1786, ... Communicated by William Petrie, Esq;
Petrie, William, active 1787.Date: 1787?]- Books
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A new and more correct translation than has hitherto appeared in public, of Mr. Cornelius Le Brun's travels into Moscovy, Persia, and divers parts of the East-Indies; containing an accurate description of all such articles as are most remarkable in each of those different countries, and most worthy the attention of the curious reader. As also of their antiquities; but more particularly those relating to the famous palace of Persepolis, commonly called Chelminar by the Persians: by a gentleman of Oxford. Adorn'd with a large number of copper-plates.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: M.DCC.LIX [1759]