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'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [64] (93/562)
The record is made up of 1 volume (518 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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J755- pepper* and cardamoms, but cinnamon alfo, and the fineft in the world.
—- y ——' A .^ain, I'aprobana is faid to have abounded with precious ft ones \ fo does
Ceylon f; and its rubies, topazes, and fapphires in particular are_ reckoned
the befl: in the Eaft Indies. Taprohana is celebrated for its great fertility^
and in this Ceylon is not at all behind it, for from the luxuriance of the
foil, they have five kinds of rice which ripen one after another. From
all the above circumftances fo exactly tallying with each other, we are led
to conclude, that the ifland now called Ceylon, was the famous Taprobana of
the antients.
* The pepper grows here like our hops, fupported by poles; the leaves are of the Ihape
of a common plantain, about four inches wide, and the flowers are very like the flem and
feed of that plant; but when the pepper fills, it appears like a large bunch of fmall grapes
as they lie very clofe to the Hem. One of thefe, accompanies the leaf on the fame ftalk.
f Nec ver6 ex nomine folo, verum etiam ex gemmis & margaritis grandioribus, aliifque
■quae de Taprobane veteres tradunt, pra;cipue vero ex lltu, Zeilan efle antiquum Taprobane*
apparet. H e nr. S tephani in Dionyfium Comment arius.
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A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.
Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.
Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.
There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:
- a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';
- a map of the route from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.
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- 1 volume (518 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).
Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.
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- W 4137
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- 'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1, 1a:1d, 2:12, 1:32, 32a:32b, 33:44, 44a:44b, 45:80, 80a:80b, 81:84, 84a:84b, 85:86, 86a:86b, 87:88, 88a:88b, 89:224, 224a:224b, 225:230, 230a:230b, 231:278, 278a:278b, 279:288, 288a:288b, 289:292, 292a:292b, 293:298, 298a:298b, 299:318, 318a:318b, 319:364, 364a:364b, 365:506, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- Ives, Edward
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