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New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Edited by Clements R. Markham. Originally published in 1877 by the Hakluyt Society.
The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. to the East Indies, With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office. the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606) to Seek the North-West Passage by Lancaster, Sir James. Edited By Clements R. Markham - 1877
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The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. to the East Indies, With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office. the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606) to Seek the North-West Passage
by Lancaster, Sir James. Edited By Clements R. Markham
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London: The Hakluyt Society., 1877 First edition in hardcover. 314 pages, an ex-library copy in the original pale blue Society binding gilt. Tear to one page has been repaired at top margin with paper tape, spine faded, signs of small oval label removed from spine, white library numbers at base of the spine, library labels on the front endpapers, library number of verso of the title page, stamps on page edges, contents bright. Hakluyt Society, First Series, Part II, no.56 (Publications of Hakluyt Society 1847-1995, Hair and Bridges). A solid working copy. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. BW3-1.
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THE VOYAGES OF SIR JAMES LANCASTER, Kt., TO THE EAST INDIES, with Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, .... And the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606) to Seek the North-West Passage
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London: Hakluyt Society, 1877.. 8vo. [6]+ xxii+314pp. Light blue cloth; spine lettering and cover vignette. Blind stamped decoration and border rules to boards. Book plate on paste down. Some soiling to covers with light wear to spine tips. A very good used copy, no foxing. . Includes the first voyage to the East Indies, 1591..
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The voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies, with abstracts of journals of voyages to the East Indies, during the seventeenth century, preserved in the India Office. And the voyage of Captain John Knight (1606) to seek the North-west Passage.
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London, Hakluyt Society, 1877. . 8vo, xxii, 314 pp., publisher's blindstamped blue cloth gilt, rebacked in blue calf gilt, new endpapers, blindstamp to title and page 49, a very good copy. Hakluyt Society, first series 56. The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Middleton, Love, Downton, and Cross. Calendar of ships' journals of the seventeenth century and a list of ships employed by the East India Company in the same period.Lancaster's first voyage in 1591 to the East Indies was the earliest of the English overseas Indian expeditions. His Indian voyage was an important factor in the foundation of the East India Company. In 1600 he was given command of the East India Company's first fleet. The first English East India Company factory was established at Bantam and a commercial mission dispatched to the Moluccas. The return voyage from 20 February to 11 September 1603 was speedy and prosperous, and Lancaster (whose success both in trade and diplomacy had been…
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