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*''The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence''. Edited by William Foster 1899 [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma03roegoog  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma00roegoog Volume II] Archive.org
*''The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619, as narrated in his journal and correspondence''. Edited by William Foster 1899 [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma03roegoog  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/embassysirthoma00roegoog Volume II] Archive.org
*''The travels of Pietro della Valle in India : from the old English translation of 1664'', edited by Edward Grey (late Bengal Civil Service) 1892 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/travelsofpietrod00dell Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelspietrode00havegoog Volume II]. Pietro della Valle arrived in India  10 February 1623 at Surat, embarking from Goa  16 November 1624.
*''The travels of Pietro della Valle in India : from the old English translation of 1664'', edited by Edward Grey (late Bengal Civil Service) 1892 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/travelsofpietrod00dell Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelspietrode00havegoog Volume II]. Pietro della Valle arrived in India  10 February 1623 at Surat, embarking from Goa  16 November 1624.
*''Travels in the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1656-1668'' by Francois Bernier. 1826 edition, translated by Irving Brock [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fsTlcjAJC9kC&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=D7oRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume II] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_6093710_000  1891 edition],  revised by Archibald Constable.  Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/travelsinmogulem00bernuoft 1916 edition], revised by Vincent A Smith. Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fa82AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5  ''A ‪voyage to the East-Indies: giving an account of the isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus, and the coast of Brasil, with the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, &c. as also a Treatise, of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries‬''] by Monsieur Dellon, M.D. Translated from the French. 1698 Google Books . First published in French 1685. [https://archive.org/details/avoyagetoeastin00crulgoog Archive.org version] Same file but different coloured pages may be easier to read.  [https://archive.org/details/nouvellerelatio00marrgoog 1699 French reprint] Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fa82AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5  ''A ‪voyage to the East-Indies: giving an account of the isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus, and the coast of Brasil, with the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, &c. as also a Treatise, of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries‬''] by Monsieur Dellon, M.D. Translated from the French. 1698 Google Books . First published in French 1685. [https://archive.org/details/avoyagetoeastin00crulgoog Archive.org version] Same file but different coloured pages may be easier to read.  [https://archive.org/details/nouvellerelatio00marrgoog 1699 French reprint] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/accountofinquisi00dell ''An Account of the Inquisition at Goa, in India'']. Translated from the French of M. Dellon 1819 Archive.org. Translated from a copy printed in Paris in 1687. The events happened in 1674. Dellon, a physician spent some time in North Malabar and was operating out of the French factory in Tellicherry for five years after which he left the French services. Six months later, he was in jail In Daman <ref>[http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/2013/04/charles-claude-gabriel-dellon-frenchman.html  "Charles (Claude) Gabriel Dellon, the Frenchman in Malabar"]  14 April 2013 Historic Alleys.</ref>(Damaun)
:[https://archive.org/details/accountofinquisi00dell ''An Account of the Inquisition at Goa, in India'']. Translated from the French of M. Dellon 1819 Archive.org. Translated from a copy printed in Paris in 1687. The events happened in 1674. Dellon, a physician spent some time in North Malabar and was operating out of the French factory in Tellicherry for five years after which he left the French services. Six months later, he was in jail In Daman <ref>[http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/2013/04/charles-claude-gabriel-dellon-frenchman.html  "Charles (Claude) Gabriel Dellon, the Frenchman in Malabar"]  14 April 2013 Historic Alleys.</ref>(Damaun)

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Historical books online

An Account of the Inquisition at Goa, in India. Translated from the French of M. Dellon 1819 Archive.org. Translated from a copy printed in Paris in 1687. The events happened in 1674. Dellon, a physician spent some time in North Malabar and was operating out of the French factory in Tellicherry for five years after which he left the French services. Six months later, he was in jail In Daman [1](Damaun)
A Voyage To Surat In The Year 1689 by John Ovington, edited by H G Rawlinson, with commentary, 1929 is available to download as a pdf from Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. Restricted download hours may possibly apply. This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, in TIFF format, or as a pdf download.
Table of Contents, computer pages 28-31; General index of Persons commencing part O-Z computer pages 632-633; General Index of Things A-Z computer pages 634-637.
For more details of the author, see List of Indian Civil Servants

The Overland Route to and from India

“Account of a Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748” by Gaylard Roberts from The Desert Route to India by Douglas Carruthers from Sylvia Volk’s Page of Asia, now archived
Sample pages from The Desert Route to India edited by Douglas Carruthers 1929. Google Books

References