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VBI-0067
THE PIRATES OF MALABAR
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Details
- Author
- Colonel John Biddulph
- Year
- 1992
- Publisher
- Lancer International
- Location
- Malabar
- Subjects
- Navy · East India Company · Piracy
- Edition
- 1992 Lancer International Edition
- Pages
- xx + 327
- Size
- 9 x 6 in
Description
A fascinating history of piracy along the western coast of India, tracing European and Indian maritime conflict from the 17th and early 18th centuries. The book covers the rise of Kanhoji Angria and the Maratha naval power, the East India Company, Bombay, Surat, Portuguese and Dutch involvement, Captain Kidd, attacks on Colaba, Gheriah and Severndroog, and the long struggle to control piracy in the Arabian Sea. The volume also contains the separate historical account “An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago.” ♛━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━♛ ◇ By Colonel John Biddulph ◇ 1992 Lancer International Edition — a reprint of the work first published in 1907 ◇ Illustrated with a map of the Malabar Coast and period maritime illustration ◇ Hardbound, retaining the original pictorial dust jacket ◇ Good Condition. ◇ Size : 9 x 6 inches ◇ Pages : xx + 327
Condition
Very Good