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*[https://archive.org/details/journalofjohnjou00jour ''The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago''] edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofjohnjou00jour ''The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago''] edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
*''Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others'' by Samuel Purchas 1905 reprint, original 1625 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft Volume II],  [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft#page/vi/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft Volume III], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum04purc  Volume IV],  [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum04purc#page/n9/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum05purc  Volume V], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum05purc#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Purchas+His+Pilgrimes&sort=-publicdate&page=1 Other volumes: Archive.org]
*''Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others'' by Samuel Purchas 1905 reprint, original 1625 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft Volume II],  [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum02purcuoft#page/vi/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft Volume III], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum03purcuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum04purc  Volume IV],  [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum04purc#page/n9/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/details/hakluytusposthum05purc  Volume V], [https://archive.org/stream/hakluytusposthum05purc#page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Purchas+His+Pilgrimes&sort=-publicdate&page=1 Other volumes: 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
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.15313516?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Travels in India in the Seventeenth Century''] by Sir Thomas Roe and Dr John Fryer. Reprinted from the ''Calcutta Weekly Englishman'' 1873 Hathi Trust  Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22953 Pdf download] Digital Library of India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.15313516?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Travels in India in the Seventeenth Century''] by Sir Thomas Roe and Dr John Fryer. Reprinted from the ''Calcutta Weekly Englishman'' 1873 Hathi Trust  Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22953 Pdf download] Digital Library of India.
*''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/sixvoyagesofjohn00tave_0 ''The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, a noble man of France now living, through Turky into Persia and the East-Indies, finished in the year 1670''...] 1678 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfSeveralRelationsTreatisesSingularAndCuriousOfJohn  ''A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious  of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, not printed among his first six voyages''] 1680 Archive.org
*''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.
*''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://archive.org/details/ageographicalac00bowrgoog ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679''] by Thomas Bowrey. Edited by Lt-Col Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905. Printed for the Hakluyt Society (Second Series, No 12)) Archive.org.  With illustrations.  [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn4xkq?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library version], where it is possible to rotate the  Plates.  
*[https://archive.org/details/ageographicalac00bowrgoog ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679''] by Thomas Bowrey. Edited by Lt-Col Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905. Printed for the Hakluyt Society (Second Series, No 12)) Archive.org.  With illustrations.  [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn4xkq?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library version], where it is possible to rotate the  Plates.  
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:[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)
*''The Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674''. Tr. from the ms. journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and ed. by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. In three volumes (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd series ; No. 95-97) 1947-48.  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/59320 Probably Volume I]. Pdf download Digital Library of India. Original title includes alternative spelling ''Abbé Carré''
*''The Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674''. Tr. from the ms. journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and ed. by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. In three volumes (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd series ; No. 95-97) 1947-48.  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/59320 Probably Volume I]. Pdf download Digital Library of India. Original title includes alternative spelling ''Abbé Carré''
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Includes Bombaim [Bombay], Surat. Goa. Includes, facing p114 drawings of the Areca Nut or Betele nut, and other plants.
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/JQU5IHNH6UGILO5L3VB662KPJHNTRGDF ''A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681''] by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Includes Bombaim [Bombay], Surat. Goa. Includes, facing p114 drawings of the Areca Nut or Betele nut, and other plants. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CrYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9  Google Books edition] which  appears to contain some, but not all illustrations.
: A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series,  2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31952 Volume 1],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31953 Volume 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/49506 Volume 3]  Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, with additional digital files available.
: A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series,  2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31952 Volume 1],  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/31953 Volume 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/49506 Volume 3]  Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, with additional digital files available.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiainseventeen00dasguoft ''India in the seventeenth century, as depicted by European travellers''] by JN Das Gupta 1916 Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/indiainseventeen00dasguoft ''India in the seventeenth century, as depicted by European travellers''] by JN Das Gupta 1916 Archive.org  

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Historical books online

A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, not printed among his first six voyages 1680 Archive.org
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)
  • The Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674. Tr. from the ms. journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and ed. by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. In three volumes (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd series ; No. 95-97) 1947-48. Probably Volume I. Pdf download Digital Library of India. Original title includes alternative spelling Abbé Carré
  • A new account of East-India and Persia : : in eight letters being nine years travels, begun 1672 and finished 1681 by John Fryer 1698 London. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Includes Bombaim [Bombay], Surat. Goa. Includes, facing p114 drawings of the Areca Nut or Betele nut, and other plants. Google Books edition which appears to contain some, but not all illustrations.
A later edition, edited, with notes and an introduction, by William Crooke, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service. in three volumes, printed for the Hakluyt Society, (Second Series, 2/19, 2/20 and 2/39) 1909-1915. Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, with additional digital files available.
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
British Library version with illustrations; Archive.org version. Lacks illustrations

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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