Historical Disquisition Concerning Knowledge Which Ancients Had of - And Progress of Trade With That Country Prior to Discovery of

Klappentext A 1791 synthesis of western accounts of India from classical times to the sixteenth century. Zusammenfassung The Scots historian William Robertson (1721–93) published this work in 1791. It is a synthesis of all earlier western accounts of India from classical times to the sixteenth century, and a long appendix describes 'the genius, the manners, and institutions of the people of India'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Intercourse with India, from the earliest times, until the conquest of Egypt by the Romans; 2. Intercourse with India, from the establishment of the Roman dominion in Egypt, to the conquest of that kingdom by the Mahomedans; 3. Intercourse with India, from the conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the discovery of the passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and in establishment of the Portuguese dominion in the East; 4. General observations; Notes and illustrations; Appendix; Notes to the appendix; Index.

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• Authors: William Robertson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9781108046565
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04656-5
• No. of pages: 396
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, India, Geographical discovery & exploration, Asian History, Geographical discovery and exploration, HISTORY / Asia / South / India