!['A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎86] (129/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0133.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎86] (129/506)")
'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [86] (129/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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An Hijiorical
Letter II.
All Places in
India fubjeft
to the Preli-
dency, with
their Com
modities,
The Tnveft-
ment fet on
foot in the
Rains.
This Trade
managed by
a Company
better than
Free Traders.
Their Free
men greater
Slaves than
their Servants.
The Charges
of the Englifb
Company not
lb great as the
Hollandtrs,
chd (aFsn of Oftriches Feathers) to keep off the Sun, as the Om-
hrahs or Great Men have, none but the Emperor have a Sumhrtro
among the Moguls: ikfides thefe, every one according to his Quality
has his Menial Servants to wait on him in his Chamber, and follow
him out.
The Prefidency of Surat is efteemed Superior to all in India, the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of Bantam being not long fince fubordinate to it, but fince
made independent; tho tht South Trade is ftill maintained from
hence to Bantam with fuch Cloath as is vendible there, from thencd
with Dollars to China for Sugar, Tea, Porcelane, Laccared Ware
Quickfiher, Tuthinag and Coppery which with , little Sea-
Shels, come from S'tam and the Phi Hi pine Jjlands; Gold and Ele
phants Teeth from Sumatra, in exchange ol Corn. From Perfia
which is fliil under the Prefidency, come Druggsand Carmania^ooi.
from Moco, Cchor, or Coffee. The /«/^/Fadofies fubjed tojt, are
Amidavad, whence is provided Silks, as Atlafes wrought with Gold-
Agra, where they fetch Indico, Chuperly y Courfe Cloath, SiringChints,
Breach B'aftw, broad and Narrow ; Dimities, and other hnzCalicuts:
Along the Coafts are Bomhaim, Rajapore for Salloos; Carnear for Dun
garees, and the weightieft Pepper: Calicut for Spice, Amlergmz,
Granats, Opium, with Saltpeter, and no Cloath, though it give the
name of Calicut to all in India, it being the firft Port from whence
they were known to be brought into Europe: All which, after the
Europe Ships have unladen at Surat, they go down to fetch; and
bring up time enough before the Caphalas out of the Country come
in with their Wares. v- ^ ..
The Places about Surat afford variety of Calicuts, but not fuch vaft
quantities as are yearly exported, and moreover not fo cheap; which
is the reafon at every place the Fadors are fent to overfee the Wea
vers, buying up the Cotton-yarn to employ them all the Rains, when
they fet on foot their Inveftments , that they may be ready
again li the Seafon for the Ships: Or elfe the Chief Breaker imploys
Bamans in their fteads, who is refponfible for their Fidelity.
On thefe Wheels moves the Traffick of the Eaft, and has fucceeded
better than any Corporation preceeding, or open Trade licenfed in
the time 0$ Oliver Cromwell", though how much more to the be-
netit of England than a Free Commerce, may be guefled by their
already being over-flocked with Europe Merchandife, which lowers
the Price. W hat then would a Glut do, which certainly muft fol
low, but debafe them more, and enhance thefe ?
Lut left the New Company fhould be exclaimed againfl as too
greedy Monopolizers, they permit Free Traders on their Ifland
B mtaim ; when, to fpeak truth, they are in a far worfe Condition
than their Servants; being tied up without hopes of railing them-
lelves: So that in earneft they find out that to be but a Trick.
However, to confefs on the Company's behalf, the Trade (1
mi an on this Coaft) for fome years lately pafled has hardly ballanced
iixpences. They employing yearly Forty Sail of flout Ships to and
lomall Parts where they trade, out and home ; Manning and main
taining their Ifland Bo ml aim. Fort St, George, and St. Helens $ be-
fides
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A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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- 'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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