First Englishmen in India - Letters and Narratives of Sundry Elizabethans Written By Themselves

First published in 1930. This volume contains letters and narratives of some of the Elizabethans who went to India. Here the beginnings of the British Indian Empire can be seen, arising out of the trading operations of the East India Company.

List of contents

Stevens, Letter to his Father, 10th November, 1579 Queen Elizabeth, Letter to Zelabdim Echebar, February, 1583 Queen Elizabeth, Letter to King of China, February, 1583 Eldred, Relation Newbery, Letter to Hakluyt, 28th May, 1583 Newbery, Letter to Poore, 29th May, 1583 Eldred, Relation Eldred, Letter to G S, 14th July, 1583 Newbery, Letter to Hareborne, 15th July, 1583 Newbery, Letter to Poore, 20th July, 1583 Newbery, Letter to Hareborne, 15th August, 1583 Eldred, Relation Newbery, Letter to Eldred and Shales, 21st September, 1583 Newbery, Letter to Eldred and Shales, 24th September, 1583 Eldred and Shales, Letter to G S, 6th November, 1583 Eldred and Shales, Letter to G S, 22nd January, 1584 Eldred, Relation Fitch, Relation Newbery, Letter to Poore, 20th January, 1584 Fitch, Letter to Poore, 25th January, 1584 Fitch, Relation Linschoten, Report Fitch, Relation Frey Peter, Letter to Frey Diego, 28th December, 1589

Summary

First published in 1930. This volume contains letters and narratives of some of the Elizabethans who went to India. Here the beginnings of the British Indian Empire can be seen, arising out of the trading operations of the East India Company.

Product details

• Authors: J. Courtenay Locke
• Assisted by: J Courtenay Locke (Editor), J. Courtenay Locke (Editor), Locke J. Courtenay (Editor), J. Courtenay Locke (Introduction)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2015
• EAN: 9781138867673
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86767-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / World, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General