Description: HAKLUYT SOCIETY, SERIES 2,VOLUME 12, 1905. "A GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES ROUND THE BAY OF BENGAL, 1669-1679." BY THOMAS BOWREY. EDITED BY LT.-COL. SIR RICHARD CARNAC. THIS WAS A HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PRODUCED BY A SAILOR AND INDEPENDENT TRADER IN THE EAST, THOMAS BOWREY. THE PLATES SHOW BOWREY'S OWN DRAWINGS, SOME CHARMING (SNAKES DANCING), SOME HORRIFYING (WIDOW-BURNING OR SUTTEE.) IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST DETAILED ACCOUNTS IN EXISTENCE OF THIS PART OF INDIA. 1905,FIRST EDITION. 41 PAGE INTRODUCTION. 387 PAGES. 19 PLATES. CHART OF THE HOOGLEY RIVER IN A POCKET INSIDE THE REAR COVER. 17 PAGE HAKLUYT CATALOGUE. 14 PAGE LIST OF MEMBERS. INDEX. THIS BOOK IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. THERE IS A 2010 REPRINT ON THE INTERNET FOR £158, BUT THERE ARE NO COPIES OF THE 1ST EDITION ON THE INTERNET. THE LOW PRICE REFLECTS THE CONDITION. POSTAGE IN UK, £2.50. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. DOWNSIZING MY LIBRARY. MANY BOOKS TO COME. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS, INCLUDING MANY BOOKS ON MOUNTAINEERING, THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET. MANY OTHER HAKLUYTS.
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: CAMBRIDGE
Non-Fiction Subject: AS PER TITLE. A GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT.
Signed: No
Publisher: HAKLUYT SOCIETY
Modified Item: No
Weight: 1044 gms.
Year Printed: 1905
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: THOMAS BOWREY
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Ex-Library, Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: INDIA
Author: THOMAS BOWREY
