Volume 9 — Introductory material

Continuation of the Early Voyages of the English East India Company to India

Introduction

SECTION. I. Voyage of Captain Nicholas Downton to India, in 1614

SECTION 1. Incidents at Saldanha, Socotora, and Swally; with an Account of the Disagreements between the Moguls and Portuguese, and between the Nabob and the English

SECTION 2. Account of the Forces of the Portuguese, their hostile Attempts and Fight with the English, in which they are disgracefully repulsed

SECTION 3. Supplies received by the Portuguese, who vainly endeavour to use Fire-boats. They seek Peace, which is refused, and depart. Interview between the Nabob and Captain Downton, and Departure of the English

SECTION II. Relations by Mr Elkington and Mr Dodsworth, in Supplement to preceding Voyage

SECTION 1. Continuation of the Voyage from Surat to Bantam, by Captain Thomas Elkington

SECTION 2. Brief Observations by Mr Edward Dodsworth, who returned to England in the Hope

SECTION III. Journey of Richard Steel and John Crowther, from Agimere, in India, to Ispahan, in Persia, in the Years 1615, and 1616

SECTION IV. Voyage of Captain Walter Peyton to India, in 1615

SECTION 1. Occurrences during the Voyage from England to Surat

SECTION 2. Occurrences at Calicut and Sumatra. Miscarriage of the English Ships, Abuses of the Dutch, and Factories in India

SECTION 3. Brief Notice of the Ports, Cities, and Towns, inhabited by, and traded with, by the Portuguese, between the Cape of Good Hope and Japan, in the Year 1616

SECTION V. Notes, concerning the Proceedings of the Factory at Cranganore, from the Journal of Roger Hawes

SECTION VI. Journal of Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador from James I. to Shah Jehanguire, Mogul Emperor of Hindoostan

Introduction

SECTION 1. Journey from Surat to the Court of the Mogul, and Entertainment there, with some Account of the Customs of the Country

SECTION 2. Occurrences in June, July, and August, 1616, from which the Character and Dispositions of the Mogul and his Subjects may be observed

SECTION 3. Of the Celebration of the King's Birth-day, with other Occurrences, in September, 1616

SECTION 4. Broils about Abdala Khan, and Khan-Khannan: Ambitious Projects of Sultan Churrum to subvert his eldest Brother: Sea-fight with a Portuguese Carrack; and various other Occurrences

SECTION 5. Continuation of Occurrences at Court, till leaving Agimere, in November, 1616

SECTION 6. Sir Thomas Roe follows the Progress of the Court, and describes the King's Leskar, &c.

SECTION 7. A New-year's Gift--Suspicion entertained of the English--Dissatisfaction of the Persian Ambassador--English Ships of War in the Indian Seas

SECTION 8 Asaph Khan and Noormahal protect the English from Hope of Gain.--Arrival of Mr Steel.--Danger to the Public from private Trade--Stirs about a Fort

SECTION VII. Relation of a Voyage to India in 1616, with Observations respecting the Dominions of the Great Mogul, by Mr Edward Terry

SECTION 1. Occurrences during the Voyage from England to Surat

SECTION 2. Description of the Mogul Empire

SECTION 3. Of the People of Hindoostan, and their Manners and Customs

SECTION 4. Of the Sects, Opinions, Rites Priests, &c. of the Hindoos; with other Observations

SECTION VIII. Journey of Thomas Coryat by Land, from Jerusalem to the Court of the Great Mogul

SECTION 1. Letter from Agimere to Mr L. Whitaker, in 1615

SECTION 2. Do. from Agra to his Mother, in 1616

SECTION 3. Some Observations concerning India, by Coryat

SECTION IX. Account of the Wrongs done to the English at Banda by the Dutch, in 1617 and 1618

SECTION X. Fifth Voyage of the Joint-stock by the English East India Company, in 1617, under the Command of Captain Martin Pring

SECTION 1. Occurrences on the Voyage out, and at Surat, Bantam, and Jacatra

SECTION 2. Dutch Injustice, and Sea-fight between them and Sir Thomas Dale

SECTION 3. Departure for Coromandel, with Occurrences there, and Death of Sir Thomas Dale.--Capture of English Ships by the Dutch; and Occurrences at Tecoo

SECTION 4. News of Peace between the English and Dutch

SECTION 5. Voyage of Captain Pring from Bantam to Patania and Japan

SECTION 6. Voyage from Japan to Bantam, and thence to England

SECT. XI. Voyage of the Ann-royal, from Surat to Mokha, in 1618

SECTION XII. Journal of a Voyage to Surat and Jasques in 1620

SECTION 1. Voyage from England to Surat

SECTION 2. Voyage from Surat towards Jasques

SECTION 3. Account of a Sea-fight with the Portuguese

SECTION 4. Second Sea-fight with the Portuguese

SECTION 5. Sequel of the Voyage

SECTION XIII. Relation of the War of Ormus, and the Capture of that Place by the English and Persians, in 1622

SECTION XIV. Account of the Massacre of Amboina, in 1623

SECTION XV. Observations during a Residence in the Island of Chusan, in 1701, by Dr James Cunningham; with some early Notices respecting China

SECTION 1. Voyage to Chusan, and short Notices of that Island

SECTION 2. Ancient and modern State of the Country, and coming of the English to reside there

SECTION 3. Manner of cultivating Tea in Chusan

SECTION 4. Of the famous Medicinal Root called H-tchu-u

SECTION 5. Removal of Dr Cunningham to Pulo-Condore, with an Account of the Rise, Progress, and Ruin of that Factory

SECTION 6. Some Account of the Factory at Pulo-Laut, with the Overthrow of that Factory, and of the English Trade in Borneo

[Illustration: CHART OF NORTH EASTERN AFRICA]

Published 1st July 1813