Various Manuscripts, Journals, and Letters on Numerous Subjects
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pp. i-ii: Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-26: Description of the Bay of Sagara-Annaken [=Sĕgara Anakan] & the adjacent part of the South Coast of Java in 1806 by Major Cornelius. (p. 3) Description of the Bay of Sagarra-Annaken known by the name of Tjalattjap [=Chilachap] Bay; & of that pa...
A Vocabulary of the English, French, Malay & Javanese Languages
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(1). p. 4: A few lines of Javanese writing, comprising a fragment of an accountbook in Javanese in Javanese script. (2) p. 5: 'Numerical Character of the Javans', from 1 to 20, in Javanese script (3) pp. 7-65 : The Vocabulary: in English, Dutch, French, Malay, Javanese, in Roman script through...
Lives of the Great Moguls (Old and New East India)
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p. i: Lives of the Great Moguls translated from Valentyn Dutch History June 23 to 1 Sept 1813. pp. 1-651: The Lives of the Great Moguls. English translation of the 2nd part of Deel IV of François Valentyn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, comprising his Levens der Groote Mogols, of der Keizeren van ...
Rise & Decline of Coromandel; plan of Golconda; description of Medepolam [= Madhavapalam]; and to Prepare Steel from Iron
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1, pp. 1-390: Rise & Decline of Coromandel. Includes :-p. 1 : Rough copy Table of Contents (on a loose sheet); p. 2: Fair copy of the same; p. 7: Dedication to the Administrators of the Dutch United East India Company, dated, Utrecht, 20 November 1692; p. 9: Author's Preface; p. 23: Vo1. I:...
Neat Description from Choromandel, Pegu, Arralcan, Bengal, Mocha, from the Netherland's Residence Place, or Office in Persia and some elegant affairs of the remaining of Persopolis
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Neat Description From Choromandel, Pegu, Arralcan, Bengal, Mocha, from the Netherland’s Residence. Place, or Office in Persia, and some elegant affairs of the remaining of Persopolis. A neat Description from Malakka the Netherland’s Place on the Island Sumatra together with a large Land descri...
Neat Description from Choromandel, Pegu, Arralcan, Bengal, Mocha, from the Netherland's Residence Place, or Office in Persia and some elegant affairs of the remaining of Persopolis
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Continuation of the preceding volume, 89.I. supra. q.v. pp. 243-481. Neat Description From Choromandel, Pegu, Arralcan, Bengal, Mocha, from the Netherland’s Residence. Place, or Office in Persia, and some elegant affairs of the remaining of Persopolis. A neat Description from Malakka the Net...
Translation of portions of Pietro della Valle's Travels in India
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pp. 1-311: Translation of portions of Pietro della Valle's Travels in . . . . India, commencing with an introductory heading giving the contents of the text that follows, which begins abruptly with his meeting with the Queen of Olala (Letter VI, corresponding with p. 310 of the Travels in the Ha...
Journal of a Tour, begun July 1779, to visit country houses and public edifices, and to take a view of cities and the adjacent country, between London and Lands End (author unknown).
pp. 1-359: Copy of a Portuguese work on Mathematics, dating apparently from about the last quarter of the 18(th) century. Divided into two parts, the first dealing with Arithmetic, the second (from p. 291) with Geometry. Each part is divided into a number of lessons. Part 1 begins: "Liçãõ I Da...
Various Official Dockets, in Dutch, Relating to the Dutch East Indies
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pp. i, ii: Table of Contents. pp. 1-252: Lists of dockets of official documents arranged (like those in 31-4 supra, q.v.) under various sub-headings. The first date in this volume (which is an original official record) is February 1613, and the documents go down to about 1756. The sub-headings...
