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'A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton who resided in those parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II.' [‎116] (137/362)

The record is made up of 1 volume (309 pages). It was created in 1739. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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ii6 A nm Account
vernor, having fome Difputes with fome of
the Natives, was fome what fearful of them.
On a feftival Day, in firing Guns, a Wad
from one of them fet Fire to an Houfe
thatcht with Reeds, and feveral others con
tiguous to it took Fire fromit,fothatitfpread
through the Market Place. The Governor
believing it to be done maliciouflyby the Na
tives, left the Fort predpitantly, and got on
board of a Ship in the Road, leaving fome
Chefts of Money, and all the Artillery, Arms,
Ammunition, and other Effefts of his Maflers,
behind him, and his Garifon, following their
Leader, left their Pofts, and got aboard
alfo.
The Natives being furprifed with the
fudden Departure of theEngliJh, went into the
i 'ort, and took what they had moft Occafion
for; but fome Chinefe Merchants, who had
fettled at Beiicolon, being alfo frightned, em
barked on their VefTels, and difperfed them-
felves in Places where they thought they might
be moft feeu re.
T he chief Merchant of the Chinefe^ who
is generally called the China Captain, in the
Places where the Chinefe have Trade, went
to Batavia to lome Relations he had there,
but the c Dutchy according to their wonted
Hofpitality in India, punilhed him as a Cri
minal, and taught him to make Lime and car
ry Stones the Remnant of his Days, for dar
ing to fettle among the En^lijh. Some of
the Chinefe I law the fame Year at Trangano
in Johore, who gave me this Account. Where-
ever

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A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton Who resided in those Parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II. By Alexander Hamilton.

Publication Details: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, London, 1739.

Physical Description: Octavo.

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1 volume (309 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.

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Dimensions: 200mm x 125mm

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'A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton who resided in those parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II.' [‎116] (137/362), British Library: Printed Collections, RB.23.a.8343 vol. 2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023897157.0x00008a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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