1st Edition

The Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674 Volume II. From Bijapur to Madras and St Thom‚. Account of the capture of Trincomalee Bay and St Thomé by De la Haye, and of the siege of St Thomé by the Golconda army and hostilities with the Dutch

    400 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett, and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. The main pagination of this and the preceding and following volumes (Second Series 95 and 97) is continuous, but each has its own Introduction. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1947.

    Contents: Introduction; Journey from Bijapur to Golconda; Journey from Golconda to St Thomé; Review of the proceedings of the French fleet etc (March 1670-April 1673); The French at St Thomé (July 1672-April 1673); The French at St Thomé and Masulipatam (April-July 1673); Events at St Thomé and Madras (July-August 1673); Dutch intervention and other events at St Thomé and Madras (August-September 1673).

    Biography

    Sir Charles Fawcett, Sir Richard Burn