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*[https://archive.org/details/reportmidnapore00willgoog ''Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874''] by WG Willson 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/reportmidnapore00willgoog ''Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874''] by WG Willson 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924003882861 ''A practical guide to the climates and weather of India, Ceylon and Burmah and the storms of Indian seas, based chiefly on the publications of the Indian Meteorological Department''] by Henry F Blanford, late Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. 1889 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924003882861 ''A practical guide to the climates and weather of India, Ceylon and Burmah and the storms of Indian seas, based chiefly on the publications of the Indian Meteorological Department''] by Henry F Blanford, late Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. 1889 Archive.org
*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/indian-coloured-drawings-a-collection-of-177-original-paintings-on-talc-etc#/?tab=navigation ''Indian coloured drawings: a collection of 177 original paintings on "talc," etc., with 17 engravings, illustrating costume, vehicles and trades in India'']from 1780 - 1858 (Approximate). New York Public Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/underindiansunbr0000unse  ''Under the Indian Sun : British Landscape Artists''] edited by Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej 1995. Published by Marg Publications, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/underindiansunbr0000unse  ''Under the Indian Sun : British Landscape Artists''] edited by Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej 1995. Published by Marg Publications, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/collectionofcuri01lamb/page/240/mode/2up "The stuffs in the Indies; their manner of designing flowers, preparing colours, and applying them; a secret to make indigo, how they prepare it; how they bleach the web to prepare it for the reception of different colours; description of Indian pencils"] pages 241-257 ''A collection of curious observations, on the manners, customs''...''of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America'', Volume I, (catalogued) by Claude-François Lambert, 1705-1765, translated from the French by John Dunn 1750. Archive. org. Subsequently published as [https://archive.org/details/travelsthroughas00lamb/page/n3/mode/2up ''Travels through Asia, Africa, and America containing a Curious account…''] by Edward Howard 1755 Archive.org.  Original French account [https://archive.org/details/cihm_40256/page/n77/mode/2up  page 65], ''Recueil d'observations curieuses…'' Volume II (of 4) 1749.  French volumes 1-4  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Recueil+d%27observations+curieuses+sur+les+moeurs%2C+les+coutumes%2C%29&sort=titleSorter Archive.org].  Attributed to Claude-François Lambert on [https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30726802b bnf.fr].
*[https://archive.org/details/collectionofcuri01lamb/page/240/mode/2up "The stuffs in the Indies; their manner of designing flowers, preparing colours, and applying them; a secret to make indigo, how they prepare it; how they bleach the web to prepare it for the reception of different colours; description of Indian pencils"] pages 241-257 ''A collection of curious observations, on the manners, customs''...''of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America'', Volume I, (catalogued) by Claude-François Lambert, 1705-1765, translated from the French by John Dunn 1750. Archive. org. Subsequently published as [https://archive.org/details/travelsthroughas00lamb/page/n3/mode/2up ''Travels through Asia, Africa, and America containing a Curious account…''] by Edward Howard 1755 Archive.org.  Original French account [https://archive.org/details/cihm_40256/page/n77/mode/2up  page 65], ''Recueil d'observations curieuses…'' Volume II (of 4) 1749.  French volumes 1-4  [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Recueil+d%27observations+curieuses+sur+les+moeurs%2C+les+coutumes%2C%29&sort=titleSorter Archive.org].  Attributed to Claude-François Lambert on [https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30726802b bnf.fr].
*Indian designs such as fabric designs: [https://archive.org/details/gri_c00033125008700094/page/n191/mode/2up  Plates: Indian (following page 76)] followed by "Chapter XII Indian Ornament" page 77 ''The Grammar of Ornament'' by Owen Jones 1868 Archive.org. Includes coloured Plates.
*[https://archive.org/details/industrialartsof00bird/page/n7/mode/2up  ''The Industrial Arts of India''] by George C M  Birdwood, Art Referee for the India Section of the South Kensington Museum. 1880,  one volume edition. Two volume edition: [https://archive.org/details/S0001919/page/n1/mode/2up Vol 1 1880], [https://archive.org/details/S0001927/page/n1/mode/2up Vol 2 1880]
*[https://archive.org/details/industrialartsof00bird/page/n7/mode/2up  ''The Industrial Arts of India''] by George C M  Birdwood, Art Referee for the India Section of the South Kensington Museum. 1880,  one volume edition. Two volume edition: [https://archive.org/details/S0001919/page/n1/mode/2up Vol 1 1880], [https://archive.org/details/S0001927/page/n1/mode/2up Vol 2 1880]
:[https://archive.org/details/S0001991 New edition 1884, Part  I] [https://archive.org/details/S0001992 New edition 1884, Part  II]  All Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/S0001991 New edition 1884, Part  I] [https://archive.org/details/S0001992 New edition 1884, Part  II]  All Archive.org
*[https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?q=%22Journal+of+Indian+Art%22 ''Journal of Indian Art'']. 17 volumes published 1886 -1916,  "documenting the rich cultural traditions of colonial-era India"  University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia. Also published under the title ''Journal of Indian Art and Industry''. A quarterly publication. If link is not permanent, use the [https://umedia.lib.umn.edu Search].
*[https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?q=%22Journal+of+Indian+Art%22&sort=date_created_sort+asc%2C+title_sort+asc ''Journal of Indian Art'']. 17 volumes published 1886 -1916,  "documenting the rich cultural traditions of colonial-era India"  University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia. Also published under the title ''Journal of Indian Art and Industry''. A quarterly publication. If link is not permanent, use the [https://umedia.lib.umn.edu Search].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94919  Volumes XIII,  XIV], catalogued  Vol. 11-14 Archive.org. Contains Volume XIII 1910 "Indian Timbers" (April, July, October) together with Volume XIV 1911  "Tile Mosaics of the Lahore Fort", text in four parts. Text quality below average,  image quality extremely bad  
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94919  Volumes XIII,  XIV], catalogued  Vol. 11-14 Archive.org. Contains Volume XIII 1910 "Indian Timbers" (April, July, October) together with Volume XIV 1911  "Tile Mosaics of the Lahore Fort", text in four parts. Text quality below average,  image quality extremely bad  
*[http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/172308/1/ ''Indian Art and Industrie''] c 1900.  No text, images only, high quality digitisation. It is unknown whether these images are associated with the  publication  ''Journal of Indian Art and Industry''.  Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB)  Dresden.
*[http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/172308/1/ ''Indian Art and Industrie''] c 1900.  No text, images only, high quality digitisation. It is unknown whether these images are associated with the  publication  ''Journal of Indian Art and Industry''.  Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB)  Dresden.
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sa1WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''A Manual of Gardening for Western India''] by R Riddell  2nd edition revised. 1848. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sa1WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''A Manual of Gardening for Western India''] by R Riddell  2nd edition revised. 1848. Google Books
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xa5WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ‪''A Manual of Gardening for Western and Southern India''] by Robert Riddell 2nd Edition 1856  Google Books
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xa5WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ‪''A Manual of Gardening for Western and Southern India''] by Robert Riddell 2nd Edition 1856  Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003414270/page/n1/mode/2up ''Illustrations of Himalayan plants : chiefly selected from drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart, Esq.re of the Bengal Civil Service ; the descriptions and analyses by J.D. Hooker ; the plates executed by W.H. Fitch'']. 1855 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7522/mode/2up ''Firmingerʼs Manual of Gardening for India''] 8th edition 1958, first published 1863. With a Biographical Note by Walter Kelly Firminger, son, dated 1904. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7522/mode/2up ''Firmingerʼs Manual of Gardening for India''] 8th edition 1958, first published 1863. With a Biographical Note by Walter Kelly Firminger, son, dated 1904. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
*''Indian Gardening; a manual of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, soils and manures, and gardening operations of every kind in Bengal, the upper provinces, & the hill stations of India'' by Lieutenant Fred. Pogson 1872. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Volume I Flower and Fruit Garden''], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=235 ''Volume II the Kitchen Garden''] (in one volume) HathiTrust Digital Library
*''Indian Gardening; a manual of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, soils and manures, and gardening operations of every kind in Bengal, the upper provinces, & the hill stations of India'' by Lieutenant Fred. Pogson 1872. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Volume I Flower and Fruit Garden''], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000684930?urlappend=%3Bseq=235 ''Volume II the Kitchen Garden''] (in one volume) HathiTrust Digital Library
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==''1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica''==
==''1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica''==
*Links to all the editions of the ''1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica'' available on Archive.org may be accessed though  a webpage from [http://www.lexilogos.com/english/encyclopaedia_britannica.htm lexilogos.com]. [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri29chisrich Index volume] (Volume 29) Archive.org. All 28 volumes of text have the same format URL commencing with Volume 1 <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri01chisrich</nowiki> The Encyclopaedia contains entries about many locations in India. There is a community project to update articles in this edition of the Encyclopaedia and this is online at [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ Online Encyclopaedia]
*Links to all the editions of the ''1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica'' available on Archive.org may be accessed though  a webpage from [http://www.lexilogos.com/english/encyclopaedia_britannica.htm lexilogos.com]. [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri29chisrich Index volume] (Volume 29) Archive.org. All 28 volumes of text have the same format URL commencing with Volume 1 <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri01chisrich</nowiki> The Encyclopaedia contains entries about many locations in India. There is a community project to update articles in this edition of the Encyclopaedia and this is online at [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ Online Encyclopaedia]
==References==
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Scientific and Miscellaneous books online

Miscellaneous titles

Surgical Ethics in Āyerveda by G D Singhal 1963 Archive.org.
New edition 1884, Part I New edition 1884, Part II All Archive.org
  • Journal of Indian Art. 17 volumes published 1886 -1916, "documenting the rich cultural traditions of colonial-era India" University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia. Also published under the title Journal of Indian Art and Industry. A quarterly publication. If link is not permanent, use the Search.
Volumes XIII, XIV, catalogued Vol. 11-14 Archive.org. Contains Volume XIII 1910 "Indian Timbers" (April, July, October) together with Volume XIV 1911 "Tile Mosaics of the Lahore Fort", text in four parts. Text quality below average, image quality extremely bad
The Military System Of The Marathas by Surendra Nath Sen 1928. Full title: Military System of the Marathas. With a brief account of their maritime activities. Some editions have the short title only. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. 2nd edition 1958 Archive.org version mirror from DLI.
Volume I Includes Birmanie [Burma], Assam, Siam and Laos. Volume II Péninsule Malaise [Malayan Peninsula] and Volume III Indochine Francaise same digital file; Volume IV Indochine Francaise continued, Cambodge, Laos, Tchampa [Annam or Cochin-China, which became part of Vietnam]. Contents by volume, Index of authors, Alphabetical Index for all volumes.

Animals

  • Also see
  • Two publications in one digital file: An Account of Indian Serpents collected on the Coast of Coromandel by Patrick Russell MD, FRS 1796. A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents by Patrick Russell 1801. Both publications with Plates. 1796 Archive.org version with Plates together with 1801 publication with Plates. The 1801 volume is Part II, and contains Appendices written in 1804 and 1809. Missing at least one Plate from each publication. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
An Account of Indian Serpents collected on the Coast of Coromandel by Patrick Russell MD, FRS 1796. With Plates, which are at the back of the book. Linda Hall Library Kansas City, USA, LHL Digital Collections. Note: after the Zoom in icon, click on the next icon Full Browser, for ease of reading. The images are stated to be in Tiff format, so if you cannot see the images you will need to download a Tiff plugin. Another 1796 Archive.org version with Plates.
A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents by Patrick Russell 1801 Archive.org. With Plates.
Natural history of the insects of India by E Donovan . A new edition with additional matter by J O Westwood. 1838 edition bodleian.ox.ac.uk Click on the thumbnail icon (top L H corner) to locate the coloured plates. Archive.org 1842. With coloured plates at the back of the book; Archive.org 1842. With coloured plates throughout the book.
Images from the book New York Public Library Digital Collection.
  • Illustrations of Indian Zoology: chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke ... by John Edward Gray. With coloured plates. Originally issued in twenty undated parts during the years 1830-1835, each part containing ten coloured plates.[1]
Volume I, 1830-1832, Contents; Volume II 1833-1834, Contents; Both Archive.org..Vol. I and Vol.II, same digital file. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. Note some Plates appear to be missing.
Individual Images, Volumes I and II, New York Public Library Digital Collection. Note images are clearly labelled. Also possible to view in book format.
The Royal Tiger of Bengal, his Life and Death by J Fayrer MD Bengal Medical Service 1875 Archive.org
Destruction of Life in India by Wild Animals by J Fayrer Archive.org. From Nature, Jan. 18, 1883.
The Deadly Wild Beasts of India by J Fayrer 1889 Archive.org.
"Selection and Treatment of Elephants" page 365, 1919 edition
The Common Birds of Bombay by EHA [Edward Hamilton Aitken] c 1900. First published in the Times of India.
The Common Birds of India by EHA 3rd edition, 1947. An edited version by Salim Ali of The Common Birds of Bombay
Concerning Animals and Other Matters by E H Aitken (EHA) 1914. Archive.org.
Sterndale’s Mammalia of India: A New and Abridged edition by Frank Finn 1929 Archive.org
Seonee; or, Camp life on the Satpura Range; a Tale of Indian Adventure by Robert Armitage Sterndale, 2nd Edition 1877 (First published 1877?) Archive.org. With illustrations by the author. Central Provinces of India. Set in fictional form (for juveniles), but based on actual experiences.
Volume I only (although catalogued Vol. 2] 1911 edition, published in four volumes. Archive.org
  • Memoirs Of A Camp- Follower by Philip Gosse. 1934. Some later editions were titled Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War or A Naturalist Goes to War. The author was a doctor RAMC, who has served on the Western Front 1915-1917, including his appointment as Rat Officer to the Second Army, and was then posted to India. Archive.org. Digital Library of India Collection.
  • "A Little Elephant" by H Warington Smyth page 234 Blackwood’s Magazine, no 211 January-June 1922 Archive.org. The Siamese training of an elephant in the wild.
  • Wild Animals In Central India by A A Dunbar Brander 1923. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was a Conservator of Forests in the Central Provinces.
  • With A Camera In Tiger Land by F W Champion 1928 (first published 1927) Archive.org. The author was in the Imperial Forest Service of India, a keen naturalist and photographer.
The Jungle In Sunlight And Shadow by FW Champion 1934.Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.

Game Birds

Travel

Journals of the Asiatic Societies and related publications

The Asiatic Society of Bengal issued many differently named publications including Asiatick Researches from 1788 to Volume XX 1839, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, published from 1832 to Volume 73, 1904, Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal published separately from 1865 to 1904, Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal new series, v. 1-30, 1905-1934. Superseded by the society's Journal 3rd ser. (called 1935-39, Journal and proceedings 3rd ser.), Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Issued by: 1905-1935, Asiatic Society of Bengal; 1938-40, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. Irregular publications to 1949

Asiatic Researches

Gleanings in Science

Published in Calcutta. In 1832 the publication was merged with/became Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Google Books

Volume 1 1829 Contents Volume 2 1830 Contents Volume 3 1831 Contents

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: New Series Volume I 1905 to Volume XIX 1924 Archive.org

Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society

The Society continued until 1873 when it amalgamated with the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Mainly Google Books Volume 19 Archive.org

Volume 1, 1836-1838 (reprint 1844)

Contents

Volume 2, 1838- May 1839 Volume 3, June 1839-Feb 1840

Contents

Volume 4, May-Aug 1840

Contents

Volume 5, Sept-Nov 1840

Contents

Volume 6, Sept 1841-May 1844

Contents

Volume 7, May 1844- Dec 1846

Contents

Volume 8, Jan 1847-May 1849

Contents

Volume 9, May 1849-Aug 1850

Contents

Volume 10, Sept 1850-June 1852

Contents

Volume 11, July 1852-Dec 1853

Contents

Volume 12, Dec 1854-March 1856

Contents

Volume 13, March 1856-March 1857

Contents

Volume 14, May 1857-May 1858

Contents

Volume 15, May 1858- May 1860

Contents

Volume 16, June 1860- Dec 1862

Contents

Volume 17, Jan 1863 to Dec 1864

Contents

Index of Volumes 1-17 1866 Volume 18, Jan 1865- Dec 1867

Contents

Volume 19, Jan 1868-Dec 1873

Contents

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay

Other

  • Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from Volume 1 1845. See Ceylon
  • The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63. See Singapore
  • Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1878-1922. See Singapore
  • Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from c late 1850s. See China
  • Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Volumes I-III 1827-1834. Archive.org, HathiTrust Digital Library
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland from 1834. Multiple volumes: HathiTrust A, B. Archive.org
  • Proceedings of the Central Asian Society 1904, 1906 Archive.org
PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Dataset, category Journals, under the heading Royal Central Asian Society Journal 1904-1962 contains the links for pdf downloads for Proceedings of the Central Asian Society 1904-1911 and Journal of the Central Asian Society from Volume 1, 1914 to Volume 49, 1962. Alternatively use the Search to locate volumes.
A broken range of volumes of the Journal from 1914 to 1937, Volume 24 are also available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India. Mirror versions are also available on Archive.org.
  • The Indian Antiquary Multiple volumes from Volume I 1872 to Volume LX, 1931. Later reprints include Volume II 1873. Volume XXI has title The Indian Antiquary; A journal of oriental research in archaeology, epigraphy, ethnology, geography, history, folklore, languages, literature, numismatics, philosophy, religion, etc. Archive.org, many from the Digital Library of India Collection.
  • Multiple editions of Journal of the Siam Society from volume II 1905 to vol XXXI, 1939 (broken range), also vol XLVI, Parts 1-2 June-Nov 1958. Archive.org.
Index Volume I to XXV Journal of the Siam Society 1935 Archive.org
Also available online, where articles may be downloaded, from The Siam Society website. A complete series, currently to 2016. (Journals are placed online three years after being published).
  • The following Geographical Journals are available on the website JSTOR, subdivided into individual articles. You can register and read articles for free (limits apply), see Miscellaneous tips.
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1831-1880 (Vol. 1 - Vol. 50); Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1857-1877 (Vol. 2, No. 1 - Vol. 22, No. 6); Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1879-1892 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 14, No. 12); The Geographical Journal from Volume 1, 1893. Useful for locating individual articles if you have previously found a reference.

Calcutta Journal of Natural History, and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India

Google Books and Archive.org

Volume 1 1841

Contents

Volume 2 1842

Contents

Volume 3 1843

Contents

Volume 4 1844

General Index

Volume 5 1845

General Index

Volume 6 1846

General Index

Volume 7 1847

General Index

General Index Volumes 1-7 Volume 8 1847-48

Supplementary Index

Alternative files Archive.org


Illustrations may be of better quality.

Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress

  • ''Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Indian Science Congress 1938. This was the Silver Jubilee meeting.
[Part I], Archive.org version; Part II, Part III. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.

Publications of the Indian Museum

The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India

  • Transactions of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India Google Books
Volume 1 repr. 1838-Contents Volume 2 repr. 1938-Contents Volume 3 repr? 1839-Contents Volume 4 1837-Contents Volume 5 1838-Contents
Volume 6 1939-Contents Volume 7 1840-Contents Volume 8 1841-Contents Index to the Transactions Volumes 1-8 1857
  • Proceedings of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India Google Books
January 1841-Contents February 1841-Contents March 1841-Contents April 1841-Contents November 1841-Contents December 1841-Contents
January 1842-Contents February 1842-Contents March 1842-Contents April 1842-Contents May 1842-Contents June 1842-Contents
  • Journal of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India Google Books and Archive.org
Volume 1 1842-Contents Volume 3 1844-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume 4 1845-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume 6 1848-Contents Part I-Contents Part II Volume IX, Part I with

Membership list at December 1854 *

* Located at the back of the book A residence among the Chinese 
inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856 
by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org. The author was a plant collector and this book includes information about plant species

Other books relating to Agriculture

All the remaining volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. (Vol- II Cabbage to Cyperus: Link to pdf download ; Vol- III Dacrydium to Gordonia: Link to pdf download ; Vol-IV (Gossypium to Lonociera): Link to pdf download  ; Vol-V (Linum to Oyster): Link to pdf download  ; Vol-Vi Part-I (Pachyrhizus to Rye): Link to pdf download ; Vol-VI Part-IV (Tectona to Zygophillum) Link to pdf download, with mirror editions available on Archive.org together with an Index volume: Link to pdf download, DLI, Archive.org version. Restricted viewing, probably accessible to those in North America, and some other countries: Hathi Trust Digital Library ten volumes
The commercial products of India : being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India by Sir George Watt 1908 Archive.org Index

Botany in British India

A Manual of Gardening for Western and Southern India by Robert Riddell 2nd Edition 1856 Google Books
Other books by Cristobal Acosta 1582 Google Books. 1585 Archive.org. Include illustrations.

The Himalayan Journal

  • The Himalayan Journal, Journal of the Himalayan Club is available online from Volume No 1, 1929 and is searchable.

1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Links to all the editions of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica available on Archive.org may be accessed though a webpage from lexilogos.com. Index volume (Volume 29) Archive.org. All 28 volumes of text have the same format URL commencing with Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri01chisrich The Encyclopaedia contains entries about many locations in India. There is a community project to update articles in this edition of the Encyclopaedia and this is online at Online Encyclopaedia

References

  1. "The Dates of Issue of J. E. Gray's "Illustrations of Indian Zoology (London, 1830—1835)"" by F. C. Sawyer Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History Volume 3, Issue 1 1953 page 48-55. Full article is available. The dates of publication of individual Plates are listed.