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*''A New Account of the East Indies, being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688 to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japon'' 1727 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1ombp1gBqKsC&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2YCoCwtJd1gC&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39274 Modern reprint of Volume I, 1739 edition], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39275 Modern reprint of Volume II 1739 edition], both Archive.org, from Digital Library of India
*''Travels Into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East Indies'' by M. Cornelius Le Bruyn 1737 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70528 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.286322 Volume 2] Archive.org
*''A Voyage to China and the East Indies'' by Peter (Pehr) Osbeck. Translated from the German by John Reinhold Forster 1771. [https://archive.org/details/voyagetochinaeas01osbe/page/n3/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/voyagetochinaeas02osbe/page/n3/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org. A voyage commencing in 1750, when he was the chaplain on a Swedish East India Company ship, the Prins Carl (Prince Charles). German title ''Reise nach Ostindien und China'' (1762). Originally written in Swedish ''Dagbok öfwer en ostindisk Resa åren 1750, 1751, 1752'' (1757). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_Osbeck Pehr Osbeck] Wikipedia.
:In addition, Volume II of the this title contains the following
:[https://archive.org/details/voyagetochinaeas02osbe/page/152/mode/2up ''A Voyage to Suratte, China &c''] by Olof Toreen, Chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman, page 153 Volume II. A voyage from 1st April 1750 to 26th June 1752.
:[https://archive.org/details/voyagetochinaeas02osbe/page/266/mode/2up ''A Short Account of the Chinese Husbandry''] by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, page 267 Volume II. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Ekeberg Carl Gustaf Ekeberg] Wikipedia.
*''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
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
