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Sara St. • 2 cards
The Marathas continued to use Mughal administrative procedures and practices, in most cases making the transition to their rule so smooth it was almost imperceptible.
William Dalrymple • The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
Edmund Scot who came aboard from the Bantam factory. His ‘extraordinarie
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
his draft fell to Mi-t’uo-shan, a monk from the Silk Road kingdom of Tokhara, who was assisted by the Chinese monks Fu-li and Fa-tsang.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Couriers were expected to keep to strict timetables. In the 1420s couriers from Florence were expected to reach Rome in five or six days, Paris in twenty to twenty-two, Bruges in twenty-five and Seville, a journey of two thousand kilometres, in thirty-two days. The annotations on the letters exchanged between Andrea Barbarigo in Venice and
... See moreAndrew Pettegree • The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
The English were granted a house in Aceh, royal protection, full trading rights, and exemption from customs duties. All that remained was to load the fleet with Sumatra’s famous black pepper and head for home.