Author: PREVOST D'EXILES, ANTOINE-FRANCOIS,
Title: Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre... Tome 36: Voyages aux Indes orientales (suite).
Description: Paris, Didot, 1751. 12mo. (VIII)+424 pp. Complete with 4 engr. plans (incl. 1 fold. of Pondicherry) & 3 plts. Hardcover. Contemp. calf, spine gilt, with 2 title labels. (Top corner of rear cover sl. dam.). VG. ¶ Incl. voyages of Dellon (Malabar), Guillaume de Methold, Tavernier (Diamond mines), description of the Kingdoms of Butthan, Tipra, Asem, Golconde, Pegu; voyage of Nicolaas de Graaf (Ganges river); Portuguese in the East Indies (1670): Dom Pedro de Castro; voyages of Luillier (Gulf of Bengal, Ganges), the French in Pondicherry; and a supplement on the description of Isle de Bourbon and Isle de France

Keywords: Colonial expansion. Topography description of country people colonies colonial. French maritime overseas. . Islands Indian Ocean East Africa Malabar Kerala South West Northeast India d'exiles antoine francois abbe 1500 1751


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