History of India, in Nine Volumes: Vol. VI - From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781605205014)

First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862-1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume VI, Part 1 of From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, by British scholar SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-1900), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: - the closing of the old trade paths - the quest for India by sea - the struggle between Christendom and Islam for the Indian seas - the Portuguese policy in the East - England's attempts to reach India in the 16th century - the constitution of the first English East Indian Company - and more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Author: William Wilson Hunter
ISBN-10: 160520501X
ISBN-13: 9781605205014
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d