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Name Compagnie des Indes

1. Add MS 52420

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Add MS 52420
Title:
CHRISTY DE LA PALLIÈRE, JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE COASTS OF SOUTH AMERICA: 'Journal Du Voyage du Joseph Royal A la Mer du Sud Commancé L'an 1719. Et finy Lan 1723. Par Le sr delapallierre Christy'; 1719-1723. French. The journal describes the author's voyage to the South Seas as the second-in-command of the Joseph Royal, one of a squadron of ten ships in the service of the Compagnie des Indes, leaving St Malo 21 November 1719 and reaching Brazil in February 1720. De La Pallière recorded ...
Scope & Content:
South America: Maps and Plans: Compagnie des Indes: Christy de La Pallière, French naval commander: Ships and Shipping: Journal of voyage of the `Joseph Royal' round the coasts of S. America, with maps by C. de La Pallière: 1719 - 1723: Fr. includes: ff. 92, 93 Cape Verde Islands: Maps, by C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1719-1723
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur D1

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Mss Eur D1
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`Le Courier de l'Orient': account by Abbe Barthelemy Carre de Chambon (b c1639) of his travels in the East Indies on behalf of the French Minister Colbert, including observations on the activities of the French, English and Dutch East India Companies. (Translated in Hakluyt Society, series ii, vols xcv-xcvii, 1947-48).
Scope & Content:
`Le Courier de l'Orient': account by Abbe Barthelemy Carre de Chambon (b c1639) of his travels in the East Indies on behalf of the French Minister Colbert, including observations on the activities of the French, English and Dutch East India Companies. (Translated in Hakluyt Society, series ii, vo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1672-1674
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur D606

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Mss Eur D606
Title:
Joseph Francis Dupleix papers.
Scope & Content:
`Memoire pur la Famille Dupleix contre la Campagnie des Indes': manuscript memorial addressed to the French King and his Council on behalf of the widow of the Marquis Joseph Francis Dupleix (1697-1764), Governor-General of the French possessions in India 1742-54, pressing claims for reimbursement...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1766
Extent:
191 folios

4. Mss Eur E411

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Mss Eur E411
Title:
Accounts for the construction, fitting out, equipment and victualling of the French East Indiaman `Le Gange' commanded by M. Caro, with estimate of expenses, chiefly wages, to be paid after departure.
Scope & Content:
Accounts for the construction, fitting out, equipment and victualling of the French East Indiaman `Le Gange' commanded by M. Caro, with estimate of expenses, chiefly wages, to be paid after departure.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769
Extent:
24 folios

5. Mss Eur F128

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Mss Eur F128
Title:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family
Scope & Content:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of (i) Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800), relating chiefly to his service in the Bengal Army 1758-67; (ii) papers of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), private secretary to 1st Lord Clive 1764-74, relating chiefly to Clive and his son, 2nd Lord Clive, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1756-1832
Extent:
232 items

6. Mss Eur Orme

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Mss Eur Orme
Title:
Robert Orme papers.
Scope & Content:
Orme Collection: papers of Robert Orme (1728-1801), East India Company servant, Bengal and Madras 1743-58, historiographer to the Company 1769-1801, chiefly collected for his `History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year 1745' (London 1763, 1778).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
356 volumes