Publisher:
1900,
vi + 140pp, frontis, illus, marbled endpapers, original embossed blue cloth, an attractive copy. AJS: By the author of The Old 'Country Trade' of the East Indies. One of two companion books, written by a naval officer who became fascinated by the history of seaborne trade in the Indian Ocean. There are chapters on the East India Company and their ships; the later steamship companies; shipbuilding in India; the pilgrim trade and many others. The term 'country trade' used in the first book, was defined by the author: '...to include vessels owned by Englishmen resident in India, as well as purely...
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