A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the year 1790 : containing an account of the Sechelles-Islands and Trincomale; the character and arts of the people of India; with some remarkable religious rites of the inhabitants of Bengal : To which is added, A voyage in the Red Sea; including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen, with some particulars of their manners, customs, &c. / translated from the French of L. de Grandpre, an officer in the French Army.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grandpré, L. de (Louis), 1761-1846.

Contributor:

Fessenden, William, 1779-1815, publisher.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

India--Description and travel.

India.

Indian Ocean--Description and travel.

Indian Ocean.

Red Sea--Description and travel.

Red Sea.

Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel.

Arabian Peninsula.

Red Sea Region.

Genre:

Travel literature -- India -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Chapman, J. (autograph)

Physical Description:

311 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

Brattleborough, Vt. : Published by William Fessenden, 1814.

Language Note:

English translation from French.

Translation of: Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale, fait dans les années 1789 et 1790.

Notes:

First issued: Paris : Dentu, 1801.

Signatures: A-U⁶ W⁶ X-2B⁶.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

RBC copy has autograph of "J. Chapman" on title page.

RBC copy bound in full blue leather with marbled endpapers; simple gilt ornaments and gilt title stamped on spine ("De Granpré's voyage") and on front cover ("Voyage 1790"); paper with uncut edges.

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 31607

McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 1611

OCLC:

799993105