A compendious history of the Indian Wars : with an account of the rise, progress, strength, and forces of Angria the Pyrate. Also the transactions of a squadron of men of war under Commodore Matthews, sent to the East-Indies to suppress the pyrates. To which is annex'd, a additional history of the wars between the Great Mogul, Angria, and his Allies. With an account of the life and Actions of John Plantain, a notorious pyrate at Madagascar; his Wars with the Natives on that Island, where having continued eight Years, he join'd Angria, and was made his chief Admiral. By Clement Downing, Midshipman on board the Salisbury; afterwards Lieutenant of the Victory Frigate, Fame Gally, and Revenge Grab, part of the Squndron employ'd by the East-India Company to attack Angria; and sometime Engineer in the Service of the Great Mogul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Downing, Clement.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matthews, Thomas, 1681-1751.

Kanhoji Angria, active 1690-1729.

Plantain, John, pirate.

Pirates.

History.

India--History--European settlements, 1500-1765.

Mughal Empire.

India.

Physical Description:

iv,238 pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row, M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Drop-head title on p.1: 'A succinct history of the Indian wars'.

Price from imprint: price bound 2 s. 6 d.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Sabin, 20777

English Short Title Catalog, T105582.

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