Title: WITHDRAWN A New Account of the East Indies, Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who Spent his Time There From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to Most of the Countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, Between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japon. ... Author: Hamilton, Alexander Place: Edinburgh Publisher: John Mosman Date: 1727 Description: 2 volumes. xx, x, 396; viii, 3-309, [1], 10 pp. 8 folding engraved maps, 11 engraved plates (5 folding). (8vo) period full calf, later rebacking, red leather spine labels. First Edition. Hamilton, a Scottish sea captain in the service of the East India Company, traded as far as Japan, visiting, it is said, every port between the Cape and Canton. This work, the only source for information on Hamilton, provides an account of his experiences and is one of the most important first-hand histories of British merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean and East Indies. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings a bit rubbed; some foxing, faint dampstaining in Volume 1; very good. Item number: 240626
Title: WITHDRAWN A New Account of the East Indies, Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who Spent his Time There From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to Most of the Countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, Between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japon. ... Author: Hamilton, Alexander Place: Edinburgh Publisher: John Mosman Date: 1727 Description: 2 volumes. xx, x, 396; viii, 3-309, [1], 10 pp. 8 folding engraved maps, 11 engraved plates (5 folding). (8vo) period full calf, later rebacking, red leather spine labels. First Edition. Hamilton, a Scottish sea captain in the service of the East India Company, traded as far as Japan, visiting, it is said, every port between the Cape and Canton. This work, the only source for information on Hamilton, provides an account of his experiences and is one of the most important first-hand histories of British merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean and East Indies. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings a bit rubbed; some foxing, faint dampstaining in Volume 1; very good. Item number: 240626
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