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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xagyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Wall-Street to Cashmere‬: ‪A Journal of Five Years in Asia, Africa and Europe''‬] by John B Ireland 1859 Google Books ”With nearly one hundred illustrations, from sketches made on the spot by the author” [https://archive.org/details/wallstreettocash1859irel Archive.org version] Some individual pages may be clearer. The author arrived in India in January 1853 and departed April 1854, with a journey to Ceylon, Java and Singapore in the middle . He was an American lawyer [http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/hamletpeople/tng/getperson.php?personID=I123&tree=hamlet John Busteed Ireland] 1823- 1913
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924074488440 ''Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats; or, An Overland Journey from China towards India''] by T T Cooper, late Agent for the Chamber of Commerce at Calcutta 1871 Archive.org. Contains a map.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023493517 ''The Roof of the World : being a narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian frontier and the Oxus sources on Pamir''] by Lieutenant-Colonel T E Gordon, Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Viceroy of India, lately attached to the Special Mission to Kashghar 1876 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. Also see [[Iran]] for another book by this author.
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryinceylonin00sandgoog ''Diary in Ceylon & India, 1878-9''] by Viscount Hinchingbrook [Edward George Henry Montagu, Earl of Sandwich]. 1879 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/junglelifeinindi00balluoft ''Jungle Life in India : or, The Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist''] by V Ball Geological Survey of India 1880 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/followingequator00twai ''Following the Equator : a Journey Around the World''] by Mark Twain 1897 Archive.org. From [https://archive.org/stream/followingequator00twai#page/330/mode/2up Chapter XXXVII, page 331] the author travels from Sydney to India, via Ceylon. [https://archive.org/stream/followingequator00twai#page/12/mode/2up Contents]
*[https://archive.org/details/fromhimalayastoe00foss ''From the Himalayas to the Equator; letters, sketches. and addresses, giving some account of a tour in India and Malaysia''] by Cyrus D Foss , one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1899 Archive.org. With images. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2365806 FamilySearch Digital book, where the images have been [correctly<nowiki>]</nowiki> rotated]. May be slow to load.
*[https://archive.org/details/innermostasiatra00cobbiala ''Innermost Asia : travel & sport in the Pamirs''] by Ralph P Cobbold (late 60th Rifles) 1900 Archive.org
*A collection of photographs from [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiathroughste00ricagoog ''India through the stereoscope : a journey through Hindustan''] by James Ricalton 1907. Archive.org [He travelled in 1901-1903].This book was sold with a collection of photographs which could be viewed through a stereoscope. Stereographs copyrighted 1903. Examples, including from flickr.com and the British Library: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3920409573/in/photostream/ No. 28 'Ekka' with passenger and baggage, coming from Cashmere (Kashmir) to Murree], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/campwala/2596512967/in/album-72157600243474620/ No 30. Before Christ Church, at Simla], [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/i/019pho000000181u00035000.html No. 35 Inflated bullock skin boat, or dreas, at the side of the river Sutlej], enlargeable. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/campwala/2801124203/in/album-72157600243474620/ No 75. Curiously rigged camel-waggons, Delhi], [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000000181u00080000.html No. 80 The great Durbar procession, Delhi, India] enlargable. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/campwala/2597329670/in/album-72157600243474620/ No 87. Palace of the Winds, Jeypore, India]. [http://luna-insight.smith.edu:8180/luna/servlet/ROTMANCOLL~20~1 A collection of these photographs reprinted 1923-1931] Smith College Libraries. Northampton, MA, USA
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