The Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674.
New Delhi. Asian Educational Services. 1990. [Reprint]. Stock ID #170058 This work recounts the travels of the Abbe Carre throughout India and the Middle East, covering areas such as France through Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Surat and Bijapur, along with accounts of his grave illness. It then follows the return journey to France with an account of the Sicilian revolt against Spanish rule of Messina and ends with accounts of the capture of Trincomalee Bay and St Thome by de la Haye and of the siege of St Thome by the Golcinda army and hostilities with the Dutch. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170058.
3 volumes. Translated, folding maps, Vol I From France through Syria, Ira and the Persia Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur with an account of his grave illness. lvi + 315pp, Vol II From Bijapur to Madras and St Thome. Account of the capture of Trincomalee Bay and St. Thome by de la Haye, and of the siege of St Thome by the Golconda army and hostilities with the Dutch: xxiv + 317-675pp, Vol III: xxiii + 677-984pp, index, minor shelf wear, a good set in dustjackets.
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