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==Historical books online==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_nhWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 '' ‪India in the Fifteenth Century‬: ‪Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India ... from Latin, Persian, Russian and Italian Sources ... Translated Into English''‬] edited by Richard Henry Major 1857 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oGcMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library''] with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/travelsandadven00reisgoog ''The travels and adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Reis in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Persia, during the years 1553-1556''] Tanslated from the Turkish by A Vambery 1899 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/533354 ''Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603''] by William Foster 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*''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]
*[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://dli.serc.iisc.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.
*[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://archive.org/details/indiainseventeen00dasguoft ''India in the seventeenth century, as depicted by European travellers''] by JN Das Gupta 1916 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NmpCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ‪ ''A Voyage to Suratt: In the Year, 1689'']‬ by John Ovington. Chaplain to his Majesty. 1696 Google Books
:[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/11892 ''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 [[Online books|Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL<nowiki>]</nowiki>]]. Restricted download hours may possibly apply. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/79805 pdf download].
*''A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time''‬ by Robert Kerr 1824 editions, first published c 1811. Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX have the majority of the content relating to India, other volumes listed have less relevant content, (while volumes not listed to do appear to have any relevant content). Google Books, Archive.org, and Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NUI9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NUI9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR15 Contents].[https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryco02kerrrich Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/generalhistoryco02kerrrich#page/n5/mode/2up Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c8I6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VI], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c8I6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR4 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B8Q6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VII], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B8Q6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WkM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume VIII] 1813 edition [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WkM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3510755?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume VIII] 1824. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kUM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume IX] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kUM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Contents].[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UScwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume XI], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UScwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 Contents]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kNw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Vol XVII], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kNw6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7 Contents] (Includes of a voyage including Macao and Canton). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Gkg9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume XVIII] A Summary volume titled ''Historical Sketch'' by William Stevenson
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_nhWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 '' ‪India in the Fifteenth Century‬: ‪Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India ... from Latin, Persian, Russian and Italian Sources ... Translated Into English''‬] edited by Richard Henry Major 1857 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oGcMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library''] with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Google Books
*[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/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.
*[https://archive.org/details/shortcuttoindiar00frasuoft ''The Short Cut to India, the record of a journey along the route of the Baghdad Railway''] by David Fraser 1909 Archive.org
*''Overland to India'' by Sven Hedin 1910 [https://archive.org/details/overlandtoindia01hediuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/overlandtoindia02hediuoft Volume II] Archive.org
 
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/62817 ''The Overland Route From India''] by Stanley Jepson 1938. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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