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The record is made up of 1 volume (270 pages). It was created in 1785. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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ihould readily join in this plan, for in
cafe of a rupture with them, we might
otherwife, by means of a fuperior fleet,
1 in a very few weeks drive them off the
peninfula of India ; and alfo obtain pof-
iblican feffion of the ifland of Ceylon, by far the
wka moft precious jewel belonging to the
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a die During the late war we frequently
learer in India had no intelligence from Eng-
iHand land for eight or nine months j nor did
i clofe we hear of the rupture with Spain until
• thej upwards of eleven months after the com-
j.ope- mencement of hoftilities in Europe.
e!1 j 0 | The Spaniards fortunately for us, being
0 f tie flow in their deliberations, and by no
jjjfa means quick in their operations, took
no advantage of our want of informa-
Qts tion : but {hould a war break out with
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Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates , authored by Colonel James Capper, published in London, and printed for W Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross; J Robson, in the New Bond Street; and R Sewell, in Cornhill.

Edition: The third edition, with alterations and additions

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi); Octavo.

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1 volume (270 pages)
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There is no contents page or index detailing the arrangement or contents of the volume. A preface precedes the main body of the work.

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Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm.

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'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:10, 1:38, 1:108, 108a:108b, 109:158, 158a:158b, 159:288, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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Capper, James
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