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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.' [‎302] (341/362)

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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iox A new Account
ft'tansy they might fee in the very Colours
that our Ships wore, the Sign of the Crofs.
Their Information had fome of the defired
Effofc, tho' not the cruel Part. The Em
peror being acquainted with the Stitch In
formation, ordered the Englijh to be civilly
treated, their Cargoes to be taken off their
Hands as before, and a new J of on Cargo to
be provided for them, in lieu of what they
brought, and at the ufual Time to difpatch
them, with llria Orders for the Englifl? never
to return again upon Painof Death, by which
fair Dealings the Dutch got the fole J upon
Trade into their own Hands, except what is
carried on by the Chinefe, . This Account I 4
had from Captain John /torTwho was in
the laft Englijh Ship that traded to Jafon.
Tm'Dutchwidi Chinefe are both limited I
in the Numbers of their Shipping that trade
to Japon, the Dutch from one to four year
ly, and foe, ChineJe from Ten to Twenty. Af-
foon as their Ships arrive, all their Crews are
lent afhore to Houfes provided for them,
and the Jafonefe take PolTeffion of the Ship,
and all that fhe has aboard of her ; they un
hinge the Rudder, and fend all the great Guns
and Ammunition aftiore. Each Cargo is un
laded and fent to the Fadory appointed for
its Faftors, and there opened and repackt
before proper Officers. The Goods are fent
away without any Enquiry what they coft,
or what they are content to take for them,
and the Officers take a Memorandum of what
Commodities they delire ift barter, and thofe
are

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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.' [‎302] (341/362), British Library: Printed Collections, RB.23.a.8343 vol. 2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023897158.0x00008e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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