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12mo. Paris, 1677.
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PYRARD DE LAVAL, FRANCOIS. Voyage. Ed. by Gray and Bell. (Hakluyt Society. )
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DELORT, THEODORE. "La première escadre ue la France dans les Inues. ” Paris,
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IV
CHAPTER
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1740
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
India Office. The Court Minutes of the East India Company. The Original
Correspondence series of letters from the East. The Letter Books, containing
copies of letters despatched thither. The early ships' journals in the Marine
Records. The Factory Records. The Consultations received from the various
Presidencies. · For particulars see the Guide to the India Office Records, 1600-
1358 (London, 1919).
Public Record Office. The series known as C. O. 77; also the Domestic
State Papers.
British Museum. A number of miscellaneous MSS. Cf. S. A. Khan, Sources
for the history of British India in the XVIth century (Oxford, 1926).
PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS
Calendars of State Papers, East Indies, 1513-1634. By W. N. Sainsbury. 5 vols.
London, 1862-92. These give abstracts of documents in the Public Record
Office, India Office (Court 'Minutes and Original Correspondence only),
and (to 1616) British Museum, relating to all parts of the East.
Court Minutes, etc. , of the East India Company, 1635-79. By Miss E. B. Sains-
bury, with introductions and notes by W. Foster. 8 vols. Oxford, 1907-20.
(In progress. )
The English factories in India, 1618-69. By W. Foster. 13 vols. Oxford, 1906-27.
Down to 1654 this series calendars the documents to be found in the India
Office, Public Record Office, Indian Record Offices, and British Museum;
from that date it is in narrative form, based on similar materials. A sup.
plementary volume covering the period 1600-40 has been published
(London, 1928)
The dawn of British trade to the East Indies. Ed. by Sir George Birdwood.
London, 1886. This contains the text of the first volume of the Court
Minutes.
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and W. Foster. London, 1893. A printed version of the Miscellaneous
Court Book, 1600-19.
Letters received by the East India Company from its servants in the East. Ed
by F. C. Danvers (vol. I) and W. Foster (vols. II-VI). This series 'gives
the text of the first portion of the Original Correspondence.
Selections from the. . . State Papers preserved in the Bombay Secretariat.
Maratha Series (1 vol. ). Home Series (2 vols. ). Ed. by G. W. Forrest.
Bombay, 1885, 1887.
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5 vols. Madras, 1893-5.
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Madras, 1871.
Publications of the Madras Record Office. Ed. by H. H. Dodwell and K. Krishna-
swamy Ayyanger: Consultations, 1672-1702; Despatches from England,
1670-1706; Despatches to England, 1694-1711; Letters to other places, 1679-
1702; Letters from other places, 1681-1700; Sundry Books, 1677-86.
Madras, 1910-25. These are printed verbatim. There are gaps in all the series,
due to the loss of volumes.
Papers relating to. . . the Company of Scotland. Ed. by G. P. Irish. Edinburgh,
1924.
TRAVELS AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS
BERNIER, F. Travels of 1656-68. Tr. and ed. by Archibald Constable,
1891. 2nd ed. (by V. A. Smith). Oxford, 1914.
BRUTON, W. Newes from the East Indies. 1638.
CHILD, Sir JOSIA. New discourse of trade. 1665.
COVERTE, R. A true and almost incredible report. . . . 1612.
DE LAET, J. De imperio magni Mogolis. Leiden, 1631.
DELLA VALLE, PIETRO. Travels of Ed. by E. Grey. 2 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1891.
DOWNING, C. History of the Indian Wars. Ed. by W. Foster. 1924.
Early annals of the English in Bengal. Ed. by C. R. Wilson, 3 vols. Calcutta,
1895-1917.
Early travels in India, 1583-1619. Ed. by W. Foster. 1921.
FRYER, J. New account of the East Indies and Persia. Ed. by W. Crooke. 3 vols.
(Hakluyt Society. ) 1909-15.
HAMILTON, A. New account of the East Indies. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1727.
Hawkins' voyages, The. Ed. by C. R. Markham. (Hakluyt Society. ) 1878.
HEDGES, WILLIAM. Diary of Ed. by Col. H. Yule. 3 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1877-89.
HERBERT, THOMAS. Some yeares travale. 1634. Reprinted, ed. by Sir W.
Foster, 1929.
JOURDAIN, JOHN. Journal of
1608-17. Ed. by W. Foster. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1905.
LANCASTER, Sır JAMES. Voyages of -. Ed. by C. R. Markham. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1877.
LOCKYER, C. Account of the trade in India, 1711.
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MASTER, STREYNSHAM, Diaries of Ed. by Sir Richard Temple. 2 vols. 1911.
MIDDLETON, Sir HENRY. Voyage of Ed. by Bolton Corney. (Hakluyt
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Purchas His Pilgrimes. 4 vols. 1625.
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BRUCE, JOHN. Annals of the East India Company. 3 vols. 1810.
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DUFF, J. GRANT. History of the Mahrattas. Ed. by S.
LE BLANC, VINCENT. Les voyages des Indes. Paris, 1648.
LEGUAT, FRANCOIS. Voyage 1690-8. Ed. by Oliver. (Hakluyt Society. ) 2 vols.
1890.
L'ESTRA, DE. Relation ou journal d'un voyage fait aux Indes Orientales 1671-8.
12mo. Paris, 1677.
LUILLIER. Voyage aux Grandes Indes. 12mo. Paris, 1705.
PYRARD DE LAVAL, FRANCOIS. Voyage. Ed. by Gray and Bell. (Hakluyt Society. )
3 vols. 1887-9.
SOUCHU DE RENNEFORT. Histoire des Indes Orientales. 4to. Paris, 1688.
TAVERNIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Travels in India. Ed. by W. Crooke. 2 vols. Oxford,
1925.
THEVENOT, JEAN DE. Voyages de M. de Thévenot. 1664-84.
B.
SECONDARY WORKS
BENOIT DU REY, E. Recherches sur la politique de Colbert. Paris, 1902.
CASTONNET DES Fosses, H. L'Inde française avant Dupleix. Paris, 1887.
CLEMENT, P. Histoire de Colbert et de son administration. Paris, 1874.
DELORT, THEODORE. "La première escadre ue la France dans les Inues. ” Paris,
1876. (Revue Maritime et Coloniale, 1875. )
DU FRESNE DE FRANCHEVILLE. Histoire de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales.
Paris, 1746, in-4.
## p. 618 (#646) ############################################
618
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GUET, I. ' "Origines de l'Inde Française. ” (Revue Maritime, août, 1892. )
KAEPPELIN, PAUL. Les origines de l'Inde Française; La Compagnie de Indes
Orientales et François Martin. Paris, 1908.
LANIER, LUCIEN. “Relations de la France et du Royaume de Siam de 1662 à
1703. " (Mémoires de la Société des Sciences morales. . . de Seine-et-Oise,
t. XIII, 1883. )
MARTINEAU, A. Les origines de Mahé de Malabar, Paris, 1916.
-"Quatre ans de l'histoire de l'Inde, 1726-1730. ” (Revue de l'Histoire des
colonies françaises, t. VIII, 1919. )
-"Benoist Dumas; notes biographiques. ” (Revue de l'Histoire des colonies
françaises, t. IX, 1920. )
NEYMARCK, A. Colbert et son temps. 2 vols. 1877.
PAULIAT, L. Louis XIV et la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. Paris, 1886.
Revue de l'Histoire des Colonies françaises. Paris, 1913, etc.
SAINT YVES ET CHAVANON. “Documents inédits sur la Compagnie des Indes
Orientales. " (Rev. des quest. historiques, octobre, 1903. )
SOTTAS, JULES. Histoire de la Compagnie royale des Indes Orientales. Paris.
1905.
WEBER, HENRY. La Compagnie française des Indes. Paris, 1904.
IV
CHAPTER
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1740
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
India Office. The Court Minutes of the East India Company. The Original
Correspondence series of letters from the East. The Letter Books, containing
copies of letters despatched thither. The early ships' journals in the Marine
Records. The Factory Records. The Consultations received from the various
Presidencies. · For particulars see the Guide to the India Office Records, 1600-
1358 (London, 1919).
Public Record Office. The series known as C. O. 77; also the Domestic
State Papers.
British Museum. A number of miscellaneous MSS. Cf. S. A. Khan, Sources
for the history of British India in the XVIth century (Oxford, 1926).
PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS
Calendars of State Papers, East Indies, 1513-1634. By W. N. Sainsbury. 5 vols.
London, 1862-92. These give abstracts of documents in the Public Record
Office, India Office (Court 'Minutes and Original Correspondence only),
and (to 1616) British Museum, relating to all parts of the East.
Court Minutes, etc. , of the East India Company, 1635-79. By Miss E. B. Sains-
bury, with introductions and notes by W. Foster. 8 vols. Oxford, 1907-20.
(In progress. )
The English factories in India, 1618-69. By W. Foster. 13 vols. Oxford, 1906-27.
Down to 1654 this series calendars the documents to be found in the India
Office, Public Record Office, Indian Record Offices, and British Museum;
from that date it is in narrative form, based on similar materials. A sup.
plementary volume covering the period 1600-40 has been published
(London, 1928)
The dawn of British trade to the East Indies. Ed. by Sir George Birdwood.
London, 1886. This contains the text of the first volume of the Court
Minutes.
## p. 619 (#647) ############################################
BIBLIOGRAPHY
619
The first Letter Book of the East India Company. Ed. by Sir George Birdwood
and W. Foster. London, 1893. A printed version of the Miscellaneous
Court Book, 1600-19.
Letters received by the East India Company from its servants in the East. Ed
by F. C. Danvers (vol. I) and W. Foster (vols. II-VI). This series 'gives
the text of the first portion of the Original Correspondence.
Selections from the. . . State Papers preserved in the Bombay Secretariat.
Maratha Series (1 vol. ). Home Series (2 vols. ). Ed. by G. W. Forrest.
Bombay, 1885, 1887.
Press lists of ancient documents preserved in the Bombay Record Office, 1646-
9
1760. 4 vols. Bombay, n. d.
Press lists of ancient documents in Fort St George, 1670-1800. 35 vols. Madras.
Calendar of Madras records, 1740-44. By H. H. Dodwell. Madras, 1917.
Diary and consultation books, Fort St George, 1681-85. Ed. by A. T. Pringle.
5 vols. Madras, 1893-5.
Notes on and extracts from the Government records, Fort St George, 1670-77.
Madras, 1871.
Publications of the Madras Record Office. Ed. by H. H. Dodwell and K. Krishna-
swamy Ayyanger: Consultations, 1672-1702; Despatches from England,
1670-1706; Despatches to England, 1694-1711; Letters to other places, 1679-
1702; Letters from other places, 1681-1700; Sundry Books, 1677-86.
Madras, 1910-25. These are printed verbatim. There are gaps in all the series,
due to the loss of volumes.
Papers relating to. . . the Company of Scotland. Ed. by G. P. Irish. Edinburgh,
1924.
TRAVELS AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS
BERNIER, F. Travels of 1656-68. Tr. and ed. by Archibald Constable,
1891. 2nd ed. (by V. A. Smith). Oxford, 1914.
BRUTON, W. Newes from the East Indies. 1638.
CHILD, Sir JOSIA. New discourse of trade. 1665.
COVERTE, R. A true and almost incredible report. . . . 1612.
DE LAET, J. De imperio magni Mogolis. Leiden, 1631.
DELLA VALLE, PIETRO. Travels of Ed. by E. Grey. 2 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1891.
DOWNING, C. History of the Indian Wars. Ed. by W. Foster. 1924.
Early annals of the English in Bengal. Ed. by C. R. Wilson, 3 vols. Calcutta,
1895-1917.
Early travels in India, 1583-1619. Ed. by W. Foster. 1921.
FRYER, J. New account of the East Indies and Persia. Ed. by W. Crooke. 3 vols.
(Hakluyt Society. ) 1909-15.
HAMILTON, A. New account of the East Indies. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1727.
Hawkins' voyages, The. Ed. by C. R. Markham. (Hakluyt Society. ) 1878.
HEDGES, WILLIAM. Diary of Ed. by Col. H. Yule. 3 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1877-89.
HERBERT, THOMAS. Some yeares travale. 1634. Reprinted, ed. by Sir W.
Foster, 1929.
JOURDAIN, JOHN. Journal of
1608-17. Ed. by W. Foster. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1905.
LANCASTER, Sır JAMES. Voyages of -. Ed. by C. R. Markham. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1877.
LOCKYER, C. Account of the trade in India, 1711.
MANDELSLO, J. A. VON. Travels of - Tr. by J. Davies. 1662.
MANUCCI, NICCOLAO. Storia do Mogor. Translated and ed. by W. Irvine. 4
vols. 1907-8.
MASTER, STREYNSHAM, Diaries of Ed. by Sir Richard Temple. 2 vols. 1911.
MIDDLETON, Sir HENRY. Voyage of Ed. by Bolton Corney. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1857.
.
>
## p. 620 (#648) ############################################
620
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MUNDY, PETER. Travels of Ed. by Sir Richard Temple. 4 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1907-25. (In progress. )
OVINGTON, Rev. F. Voyage to Surat in 1689. . 1696.
Purchas His Pilgrimes. 4 vols. 1625.
Poe, Sir THOMAS. Embassy of 1615-19. Ed. by W. Foster, 2 vols. (Hakluyt
Society. ) 1899. 2nd ed. 1926.
TAVERNIER, J. B. Travels of Translated and ed. by V. Ball. 2 vols. 1889.
TERRY, Rev. E. Voyage to East-India. 1655.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
ANDERSON, Rev. P. The English in Western India. Bombay, 1854.
BAL KRISHNA. Commercial relations between India and England, 1601-1757. 1924.
BRUCE, JOHN. Annals of the East India Company. 3 vols. 1810.
DALTON, Sir. C. N. Life of Thomas Pitt. Cambridge, 1915.
DUFF, J. GRANT. History of the Mahrattas. Ed. by S.
