Voyages de Jean Ovington: faits à Surate, et en d'autres lieux de l'Asie et de l'Afrique

by Jean Ovington

$600 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

First edition

Paris: Etienne Ganeau, 1725. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Having joined the East India Company as a chaplain, Ovington was assigned to the Company's vessel Benjamin for a voyage to the East Indies in 1689. Ovington stopped briefly in Bombay and then settled at Surat for two and a half years. His narrative describes Bombay as a sink of debauchery filled with whores and drunkards. Of Surat Ovington commented at length of the Mughal

• Binding: Hardcover

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