A Geographical Account Of Countries Round The Bay Of Bengal 1669 To 1679 [Hardcover]

Language: English. About the book:-This account is of an English sailing master called Thomas Bowery who was in the East from 1669 to 1688. This particular work contains his observations from 1669 to 1679. Being a sailor, he visited many places in India and South East Asia. The book is written, according to the way written in those times, in old English spellings. The book is illustrated with 19 plates and 44 illustrations drawn by the author. The areas mentioned are the Coromandel, Golconda, Orissa, Bengal, Patna, and others towns on the Islands of Sumatra and Malaysia. About the Author:-Thomas Bowrey was an English merchant and mariner in the East Indies trade, initially as an independent mariner in the country trade and, latterly, as a Wapping-based merchant and "projector". He was born in Wapping, England and lost his father in 1665 during the last major outbreak of plague in London. Following the Great Fire, he departed for the East Indies and arrived at Fort St George, Madras (present day Chennai) in 1669. His experiences during the next decade were recorded in a manuscript passed down the Eliot/Howard family and published as A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal in 1905. This included the first written account of the recreational use of cannabis in the English language. In 1913, Bowrey’s surviving business papers were discovered in a trunk hidden in an attic at Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire. Selections of these papers edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple were published in two works, The Papers of Thomas Bowrey (1927) and New Light on the Mysterious Tragedy of the Worcester (1930). The Title 'A Geographical Account Of Countries Round The Bay Of Bengal 1669 To 1679 written/authored/edited by Thomas Bowrey', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121234320 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 483 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 483.…