A New Account of the East Indies

Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton

By: Alexander Hamilton

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Paperback | 18 April 2013

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Little is known of Captain Alexander Hamilton other than what he tells us in this work, first published in 1727. Written during his retirement, it is both an invaluable source of information on south-east Asia at the time and a lively travelogue of Hamilton's adventurous seafaring life in the service of the East India Company and independently between 1688 and 1723. An engaging storyteller, Hamilton writes of encounters with pirates, the Portuguese, and of a poisoning in Malacca, as well as providing vivid descriptions of the countries he visited - from Africa to Japan via India, Sumatra and China - and their social customs, religions, trade and commerce. His idiosyncratic maps and illustrations enhance his narrative despite his admission that he makes 'but little use of the pencil'. Volume 2 takes the reader up the east coast of India, thence to Burma, Sumatra, Java, Thailand, Cambodia, China, and finally Japan.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Asian History Specific Events & Topics in History Maritime History Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Treats of the towns, cities, country, and customs of Bengal
Is a continuation of the description of Bengal
Gives an account of Xatigam
Gives an account of the famous kingdom of Pegu
Gives an account of the Pegu clergy
Treats of Merjee and Tanacerin
Give an account of Malacca
Treats of the dominion of Johore
Gives an account of the island of Sumatra
Gives an account of the islands and trading ports on the west coast of Sumatra
Treats of the east side of Sumatra
Treats of Java and the islands near it
Gives an account of Borneo
A continuation of the dominions of Johore
Gives an account of the dominions and city of Siam
Gives an account of Cambodia
Treats of Couchin-China
Gives some account of China
Some observations and remarks on the province and city of Canton
Is a continuation of the history of Fokien
A continuation of observations on the gods, clergy, and devotion of the Chinese
Gives some account of the islands of Mindanoa, Luconia, Formosa, and Japon
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Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton

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