Lockyer on Indian trade 1711
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LOCKYER, CHARLES. An Account of the trade in India: containing rules for good Governement in Trade, Price Courants, and Tables: with Descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena. Their inhabitants, customs, religion, governement, animals, fruits , &c. To which is added, an Account of the
Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India. London (printed for the Authore, and sold by Samuel Crouch) 1711.
8:o. (12), 1-340 pp.
Recent brown quarter calf, marbled boards. Some foxing. New York Historical Society red stamp to title and final page.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1597.
Contains observations by the author made during an East India Company voyage to Canton (Guangzhou), and an account of Canton on pp. 97-168.
Lockyer sailed from London aboard the ship Streetham in 1703, arriving in Canton in August 1704, where he remained until December 1704, subsequently the Streetham made several trading voyages around the Indian Ocean befor returning to London in 1706.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6124
Date:
2017-11-21