HAMILTON Alexander.
A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES; Giving an Exact and Copious Description of the Situation, Product, Manufactures, Laws, Customs, Religion, Trade, etc of all the Countries and Islands, which lie between the Cape of Good Hope and the Island of Japan.
London: Bettesworth & Hitch: 1739
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Second Edition, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xxix, ix, 396; xii, 309, 10: 8 folding engraved maps (1 map with small tear in fold), 11 plates, some slight browning, contemporary brown calf, recently re-backed. Hamilton went to sea, in his own words: "very young", in 1688 and travelled as far as the Barbary coast before basing himself in Surat and trading and travelling all over the Indian Ocean. He made a reputation for himself as a foul-mouthed, resourceful and bold operator fending off Baluchi robbers, treacherous governors and Indian pirates. Goldsmiths 6522; Cordier 890; Mendelssohn (1979) II, 492
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