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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org  
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/532468 ''Early English Travellers In India''] by Ram Chandra Prasad 1965. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/532468 ''Early English Travellers In India''] by Ram Chandra Prasad 1965. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://travel-letters.org/kindersley/ The Travel Letters of Mrs. Kindersley],  transcriptions from the book first published in 1777  ''Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies''. The letters from India commence with  Letter 18 in Pondicherry June 1765 and conclude with letter 67 from Calcutta in 1768. Note: Only the first page of the letter is displayed, click on the image for a full transcription. travel-letters.org.
*''Oriental Repertory'' by Alexander Dalrymple  Volume 1 1793 and Volume 2 1808. The two volumes contain many tracts on the history, industries, etc. of India, China, and Indo-China, including travel, journeys etc  first published at irregular intervals, in eight "numbers," from April 1791 to April 1797
*''Oriental Repertory'' by Alexander Dalrymple  Volume 1 1793 and Volume 2 1808. The two volumes contain many tracts on the history, industries, etc. of India, China, and Indo-China, including travel, journeys etc  first published at irregular intervals, in eight "numbers," from April 1791 to April 1797
**[http://archive.org/stream/orientalrepertor01dalr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Oriental Repertory, Volume 1''] by Alexander Dalrymple 1793 Archive.org.   
**[http://archive.org/stream/orientalrepertor01dalr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Oriental Repertory, Volume 1''] by Alexander Dalrymple 1793 Archive.org.   

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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. Full title: The Desert Route to India : being the journals of four travellers by the great desert caravan route between Aleppo and Basra, 1745-1751. This book is available on Archive.org where, for ease of reading, a djvu or (Bit)Torrent plug-in may be required. Accounts by William Beawes, Gayland Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted, John Carmichael.

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