British Beginnings in Western India 1579-1657 —— An Account of the Early Days of the British Factory of Surat

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ISBN: 9781330862742 出版年：2016 页码：179 H G Rawlinson Forgotten Books

For the majority of students, the history of British India virtually begins with Clive. Even those who possess a toler able acquaintance with the last century of the Company's existence, often have a very hazy notion of the early struggles which preceded its triumphant establishment upon the throne of the Great Moghal. Yet this is a story of more than common interest, and the names of Best and Downton, Aldworth and Kerridge, and the other sturdy merchants and seamen, who, almost single-handed, carried on an unequal contest for 'so long against the attacks and plots of the Portuguese, and what was far more deadly, the onslaughts of disease and famine, deserve fuller recognition than they have hitherto received.