Diary of William Hedges, Esq. Afterwards Sir William Hedges, During - His Agency in Bengal, As Well As on His Voyage Out Return Overland

Klappentext A three-volume 1887 edition of seventeenth-century documents about the British in Bengal, including the diary of William Hedges. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Three volumes, published in 1887, are devoted to the diary of William Hedges (1632–1701), the first Agent of the East India Company in Bengal, and its seventeenth-century colonial context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the illustrations; Errata and addenda; List of plates; Bibliographical and other illustrations of the diary; Part I. Notices regarding Sir W. Hedges; Part II. Documentary memoirs of Job Charnock; Part III. Notices of various persons mentioned in the diary of Hedges, from India Office records and other sources; Part IV. Miscellaneous papers.

Product details

• Authors: William Hedges, William L. Hedges
• Assisted by: Henry Yule (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2010
• EAN: 9781108010917
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01091-7
• No. of pages: 436
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (Afterwards Sir William Hedges), During his Agency in Bengal, as well as on His Voyage Out and Return Overland (1681–1687) 3 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, India, Colonialism & imperialism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Asia / South / India