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* Acheen, Lancaster visits, 43
* Aden, Captain Alexander Sharpoigh imprisoned at, 67; description of, 92; Jourdain's account of, 95; Sir Henry Middleton's fleet at, 98
* Adventurers in India, a group of, 165
* Agha Mahommed Zaman, Mogul Viceroy of Bengal, 275
* Agra, William Hawkins proceeds to, 67, 78; description of, 78; English chaplain at, 127; life at in Jehangir's reign, 133; Steele's scheme for waterworks at, 166
* Ahmedabad, Roe proceeds to, 164; terrible outbreak of plague at, 174
* Ajmere, Sir Thomas Roe sets out for, 135; Jehangir quits, 147
* Aldworth, Thomas, at Surat, 83, 123, 128
* Alexander VI's, Pope, decree dividing the world, 19
* Ambassador to the Great Mogul, Sir Thomas Roe appointed as, 133
* Amboina, Steven Coteels, Dutch Resident at, 182; English ships in the Straits of, 187; Black Tragedy of, 209; English factory at, 211; beautiful situation of, 213; description of Fort Victoria at, 214; opening incident of the tragedy of, 214; Abel Price tortured and "confesses" at, 216; arrest of Gabrieal Towerson and the other English residents of, 218; torture of English prisoners at, 219; condemnation of English prisoners at, 226; execution of English prisoners at, 234; indignation in England at the Massacre of, 236; belated compensation for the Massacre of, 237; what was the Tragedy of, 238
* Angediva, English military force encamp on, 267
* Anjengo, birthplace of Sterne's, Eliza, 316
* Aqua Vitae given to Mocha guards, 107
* Arabia. English captives in, 91
* Armada, Defeat of the Spanish, 19, 181
* Asaf Khan, Jwhangir's favourite, 137; dilatory tactics of, 144; assists the designs of Roe, 162
* Ascension, The, 40, 93, 98
* Assab Bay, Downton takes his ships to, 106
* Atlantic storms, terrific character of, 24
* Aungier, Gerald, founder of Bombay, 270
* Aurungzebe grants the East India Company new privileges, 269; accession of has injurious effect on the English, 277; effects a reconciliation with the English. 303
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* Bab-el-Mandeb, Straits of, blockaded by Saris, 112
* Baffin, William, killed at Kishm, 251. ​
* Balasor, factory established at, 276; Thomas Pitt at, 286; sacked by the English, 296
* Ball, George, conducts an expedition to the Moluccas, 186; protests against the Dutch proclamation, 196
* Banca, Sir Edward Michelbome, attacked by pirates off, 58
* Banda, Keeling establishes a factory at, 67; inhabitants of implore assistance, 186; Dutch defeat at, 187
* Bantam, Lancaster visits, 61; John Middleton dies at, 52; Captain David Middleton gets a rich lading at, 68; Trades Increase destroyed by fire at, 114; death of Sir Henry Middleton at, 114; desperate condition of the English at, 185; expulsion of the English from, 239
* Barker's, Edmund, account of Lancaster's first voyage to the East, 26
* Batavia (see also Jakatra) dissensions between English and Dutch at, 210; indignation of English Colony at, at "The Massacre of Amboina," 235
* Bear, galleon, 20
* Beaufort, The, 296
* Bengal, first English expedition to, 275; Hedges sent as Agent to, 283
* Benton, William, narrative of, of first English expedition to Bengal, 275
* Beomont, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Best, Captain Thomas, arrives at Surat, 117; early history of, 117; disposition of, 118; addresses the crew of the Osiander, 119; engages the Portuguese fleet off Surat and defeats it, 120; obtains firman to trade, 122
* Blyth, Captain, conducts fleet to Persian Gulf, 248
* Bombay, combined English and Dutch fleet attacks, 258; a Dutch iconoclast at, 260; Captain John Hall's favourable account of, 262; Surat Council urge occupation of, 263; part of the dower of Charles II's bride, 265; expedition to occupy island of, 266; Viceroy of Goa declines to hand over, 267; transfer of from the Portuguese, 267; transferred to the East India Company, 269; Gerald Aungier's successful administration of, 270; population of, 271; description of, 272; seat of Government transferred to, 304
* Botelho, Admiral, evades the English and Dutch fleet, 259
* Boughton, Gabriel, obtains trading privileges for the English, 276
* Brazil, Fenton's piratical raid along the coast of, 20; Lancaster's expedition to, 29
* Brown, Robert, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Buckingham, Duke of, believed to have been bribed by the Dutch, 237
* Burhanpur, Sir Thomas Roe arrives at, 135
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* Calcutta founded by Job Charnock, 290; character of site of, 305
* Cambello, 187, 211
* Cannanore captured by the Dutch, 264
* Cape of Good Hope, storms off the, 24; first known as the Cape of Torments, 42
* Carlmilhan, the, 42
* Carpentier, General, Coen's instructions to, 210; comments of on "The Massacre of Amboina," 236; views of concerning the English connection, 257
* Cartwright opens up a trade with Bengal, 275 *Cassarian, David, Master of the Solomon, captured ​
* Cassimbazar, factory established at, 277
* Cavendish's voyage round the world, 18, 22
* Ceram, Jourdain visits, 183; English factories on, 211
* Ceylon, Lancaster's ships pass, 27; Portuguese occupation of, 241; Dutch capture, 264
* "Chamber of Horrors," Amboina, 220, 224
* Chaplains, Indian, 71, 128, 311
* Charles II marries the Infanta of Portugal, 265; transfers Bombay to the East India Company, 269 Chamock, Job, founds Calcutta, 290; early career of, 291; defends Hooghly, 293; retires to Hijili, 296; besieged by Mogul troops, 297; removes his headquarters to Sotanuti, 300; superseded, 301; re-installed at Calcutta, 304; death of, 306; character of, 306
* Charter granted to the East India Company by Elizabeth, 37
* Child, Sir John, appointed Governor General, 304
* China, abortive expedition to, 33
* Chittagong, proposed occupation of, 301
* Clark, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Clove, The, 113, 187
* Cochin captured by the Dutch, 264
* Coco-de-mer identified by Gordon with the Forbidden Fruit, 94
* Coen, Jan Pietersoon, Jourdain's interview with, 183; arch enemy of the English, 206; commands the Dutch fleet in the fight off Jakatra, 202; firmly re-establishes Dutch power at Jakatra, 206; implacable policy of, 210, 212
* Cokayne, George, factor at Macassar, 185, 186
* Collings, Edward, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Commercial expansion in the East, 30
* Concord, The, 186
* Connock, Edward, appointed factor in Persia, 214
* Constantinople, the gate of the East, 30
* Cooke, Humphrey, fortifies Bombay, 267
* Copeland, Rev. Patrick, makes the first Indian convert, 311
* Comet player, English, wins distinction in India, 70
* Coromandel Coast, site for a factory obtained on the, 263
* Coryat, Thomas, an eccentric adventurer, 167; travels of, 168; received by Jehangir, 169; death of, 173
* Coteels, Steven, Dutch resident at Amboina, 182
* Coulson, Samuel, a prisoner of Amboina, 218; protestation of innocence, 231; prayer upon the scaffold, 233
* Courthope, Nathaniel, conducts an expedition to the Moluccas, 189; obtains cession of Poolo Roon, 190; establishes a fortified camp at Nailaka, 193; has interview with Laurence Reaal, 193; declines Reaal's offer, 194; perilous position of, 199, gallant death of, 208; noble character of, 208 Cromwell grants privileges to East India Company, 277
* Cromwell's daughter and Don Alfonso, suggested marriage between, 265
* Cumberland, George, Earl of, 37
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* Dabul, Sir Henry Middleton takes his fleet to, 111
* Dacca, English agents at released, 302
* Dale, Sir Thomas, conducts an expedition against the Dutch, 199; early career of, 200; captures the Zwartt Leeuvo, 200; attacks the Dutch fleet, ​   E   F Fakir, Jehangir and the, 161 Fardo, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218 Femell, Laurence, taken prisoner at Mocha, 102; fails in attempt to escape, 108; poisoned at Mocha, 110 Fenton, Henry, commands expedition to the East 21 Finch, William, at Surat, 83 Fiscal of Amboina, de Bniyne, a Dutch, Torquemada. 227 Fitch, Ralph, wanderings of in the East, 30, 242 Fitzherbert, Captain, describes Amboina, 213 Forbidden fruit, Coco-de-Mer, identified as the, by Gordon, 94 Fort Revenge, Poolo Ai, 188 Fort St. George built, 263; English withdraw to, from Bengal, 303 Fort Victoria, Amboina, description of, 214 Foster, Sir. William, edits Jourdain's Narrative, 93; suggestion of, as to Bombay, 259 Founder's Hall, the cradle of the East India Company, 36 Foxcroft, George, appointed to the charge of the Madras Factory, 278; deposed by Sir Edward Winter, 280 Foxcroft, Nathaniel, disloyal utterances of, 279; ordered home, 281 Foxcroft, Samuel, commands the Merchant Royal, 24   G   H Hackwell, Thomas, 206 Hall, Captain John, describes Bombay, 262 Hariharapur, factory established at, 276 Hart, The, 247 Hawkins, Mrs., marriage of to William Hawkins, 83; remarried to Gabriel Towerson, 90, 211 Hawkins, William, Fenton's lieutenant, 20 Hawkins, William, envoy to the Great Mogul, landed at Surat, 73; early history of 14; opposed by the Portuguese, 75; thwarted by Makarrab Khan, the Mogul Governor, 75; starts from Surat for Agra, 77; arrives at Agra and is received by Jehangir, 81; appointed to a high court position by Jehangir, 82; married to an Armenian girl, 83; curious rumour as to, prevalent at Surat, 83; describes Jehangir's mode of life, 84; fall of from Imperial favour, 89; embarks for England with his wife, 89; dies on the voyage, 90 Heath, Captain William, supersedes Job Chamock, 301 Hober's lines on Bombay, 272 Hector, The, 40, 62, 67, 73, 76, 113, 124 Hedges sent as Agent to Bengal, 283 Hemsell, William, coachman to Jehangir, 106 Hijili, English occupation of, 296 Hitoo, Jourdain trades at, 183; English factory at, 211; position of, 214 Hooghly, factory established at, 277 Hopewell, The, 275 Hound, The, 206 Houtman, Cornelius, conducts Dutch expedition to the East, 33   I Ibrahim Khan releases English Agents at Dacca, 304 Imam Zuli Beg, Persian General, 253 India, first Englishman to visit, 31; first connexion of England was established, 65, 73 Indian Chaplains, 71, 128, 311 Indian Convert, the first, 311 Indian ship seized at Mocha by Sir Henry Middleton, 109 Infanta of Portugal marries Charles II, 265 Interlopers in India, 283   J Jakatra, the modern Batavia, Sir Thomas Dale attacks Dutch fleet off, 202; occupation of by Dale's force, 204; re-occupation of by Dutch, 206 James I gives Sir Edward Michelborne a licence to trade in the East, 56; christens the Trade's Increase, 69; addresses letter to the Great Mogul, 73; appoints Sir Thomas Roe as Ambassador to the Court of Jehangir, 133; and Thomas Coryat, 170; greatly moved at "The Massacre of Amboina," 236 Japanese pirates attack Sir Edward Michelbome's ship, 61 Japanese, seized by the Dutch, at Amboina, on a charge of conspiracy, 214; are tortured and implicate the English, 215; interrogate the English prisoners, 232 ​ Jask offered to the English by Shah Abbas, 245; Captain Shilling buried at, 248 Jehangir, the Emperor, William Hawkins proceeds to the Court of, 67; James I's letter to, 73 nominates Makarrab Khan to the Government of Surat, 76 character of, 79; receives Hawkins in friendly fashion, 81 appoints Hawkins to a Court office, 82; finds a wife for Hawkins, 83; durbars of, 84; drinking bouts of, 85, 142; maintains a Court reporter, 86; cruelty of, 87, 143; degrades Hawkins, 89; Sir Thomas Roe despatched on a mission to, 133 receives Sir Thomas Roe, 135 shows friendship to Roe, 139 discusses artistic questions with Roe, 139; and Roe's miniatures, 141; quits Ajmere, 147; splendours of the camp of, 149; and the fakir, 151; regard of for Roe, 152; establishes his Court at Mandu, 152; has curious interview with Roe relative to presents, 154; is weighed against gold, 158; receives Prince Khurrum on his return from war, 159; upbraids Prince Khurrum for his hostility to Roe, 164; receives Thomas Coryat, 169; attitude of towards converts to Christianity, 171 Jeronimo de Pa via, a converted Jesuit, 259 Johnson, Timothy, a prisoner of Amboina, 218 Joint English and Dutch Commission to consider disputes in the East, 182 Jooat, John, intercedes for English prisoners at Amboina, 221 Jourdain, Captain John, early life of, 93; proceeds overland from Aden to Mocha, 97; conducts an expedition to the Moluccas, 182; has interview with Jan Pietersoon Coen, 183; driven from the Moluccas by the Dutch, 185; establishes a factory at Macassar, 185; despatches expedition to Banda, 187; sends a further expedition to the Moluccas, 189; proceeds to Patani with the Hound and the Sampson, 206; killed in a fight with the Dutch, 206   K Keeling, Captain William, commander of the third voyage to the East, 67; discourse of to the men in his fleet, 71; visit of to the Moluccas, 181 Khurrum, Prince (afterwards the Emperor Shah Johan), inimical to the English, 131; opposes Sir Thomas Roe, 137; treats with scorn Roe's application for a treaty, 145; returns in triumph from his campaign, 159; arrogant conduct of towards Roe, 159; devotion of to Mumtaz Mahal, 161; is reconciled to Roe, 162; opposes the English in durbar, 163; gives the English trading privileges, 174 Kishm, English attack on, 250   L Ladbrook, Thomas, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
** occupies Jakatra, 203; withdraws his fleet to India, 204; death of, 205
** Damaun besieged by Kakarrab Khan, 123
** Darling, The, 69, 99, 103, 105, 107, 113, 182
** Daud Khan, Nabob of the Carnatic, attacks Madras, 286
** Davis, John, of Sundridge, early career of, 38; accompanies Lancaster on his second voyage to the East, 38; accompanies Sir Edward Michelbome's expedition to the East, 56; killed by Japanese pirates, 61
** Davis, Master of the Swan, deserts Courthope, 191
** Day, Francis, founds Madras, 263
** De Bruyne, Fiscal of Amboina, conducts torture of prisoners, 226; censured by Carpentier, 235
** Dedel, Comelis, prepares to attack Courthope, 191
** Defence, The, 187, 189
** Discipline on the ships of the East India Company, 72
** Don Jeronimo attacks Downton off Surat, 125
** Downton, Nicholas, appointed to command the Darling, 69; discourse of to his men, 71; commands the Peppercorn, 90; left in charge at Aden, 99; proceeds to Mocha, 100; schemes to release Sir Henry Middleton, 105; quarrels with Middleton, 106; gloomy ratiocinations of, 112; arrives off Surat with four ships, 124; is attacked by the Portuguese, 126; wins a notable victory, 127; is attacked by the Rev. Peter Rogers, 128; dies at Bantam, 129; character of, 129
** Drake's circumnavigation of the world, 18; visit to the Spice Islands, 179
** Drinking, inordinate, amongst the East India Company's servants, 72, 314
** Drunkenness, attitude of Jehangir towards, 143
** Dutch and English rivalry in the East, 177, 257
** Dutch graveyard at Surat, Van Speult buried in the, 237
** Dutch, open a trade with the East, 33; effect of Eastern operations of the, on prices, 43; at Acheen, 44; firmly establish their power in the Eastern Seas, 180; capture the Swan off PooloRoon, 192; conclude the Treaty of Defence with the English, 209; capture Ceylon and Cochin and Cannanore, 264; bitterly oppose English occupation of Bombay, 266; conclusion of war between the English and the, 277
** Eagle, The, 247
** Eastern Archipelago, Dutch power founded in the, 33; the struggle for ascendancy in the, 178; English driven from the, 239; deadly rivalry in the, 240, 256
** East India Company, formation of the, 34; wide range of the first operations of the, 65; commanders of the, 66; life on the ships of the, 69; preachers on the ships of the, 71; stem discipline maintained on the ships of the, 72; firman to trade granted to, by the Mogul Government, 122; firman to trade granted to, by Jehangir, 174; first designs of in regard to India, 177; appeal to the Lord Treasurer for redress against the Dutch, 182; issue of pamphlet by, concerning "The Massacre of Amboina," 219; Shah Abbas grants a firman to for trading in Persia, 214; contemplates the abandonment of its factory at Surat, 263; obtains a site for a factory on the Coromandol Coast, 263; transfer to the, of ​Bombay, by the Crown, 269; new privileges granted to, by Aurungzcbe, 269; Gabriel Bougbton obtains trading privileges in Bengal for the, 276; privileges granted to the, by Cromwell, 277; new charter granted to, at the Restoration, 278; makes important changes in the Indian administration, 304; mode of life of the servants of the, 310
** Edward Bonaventure, 20, 23
** Edwards received by Jehangir, 132
** Eldred, J., 30
** Elizabeth's, Queen, replies to Spanish protests, 18; grants charter to the East India Company, 37; letter to the King of Acheen, 45
** England and Holland, war between, 264, 277
** English and Dutch rivalry in the East, 177
** English coach presented to Jehangir, 136
** English mission to the Great Mogul, 131
** English Turkey Company, The, 30
** Englishwomen in India, 314
** Evans, William, a candidate for a preachership on the East India Company's fleet, 71
** Garden of Eden, Gordon's theory as to the, 94
** "Gibraltar of the East," 92
** Goa, Thomas Stevens of New College at, 31; English sent as prisoners to, 75; fleet prepared at for use against the English, 110; description of, 240; Inquisition at, 260; Viceroy of writes despairingly of the position of the Portuguese in the East, 268; Viceroy of declines to hand Bombay over to the English, 267
** Gombroon, modern Bunder Abbas, 241
** Gordon's, General, theory as to the Garden of Eden, 94
** Gouldinge, preacher, pranks of at Surat, 129
** Grand Seignor, reference to, 101, 109, 115
** Great Mogul, East India Company despatches an envoy to the, 65; James I's letter to, 73; English ​Mission under Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the, 131
** Griggs, William, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
** Guest, The, 40; dismantled off Cape St. Augustine, 41
** Guzerat Coast sighted by first English ship to visit India, 73
* Lancaster, Sir James, early life of, 22; accompanies Raymond's expedition to the East, 23; visits Penang, 26; visits the West Indies, 28; returns to England, 29; conducts expedition to Brazil, 29; appointed Governor and General of the East India Company, 37; conducts second expedition to the East, 41; arrives at Acheen, 43; raids Portuguese ships, 49; bids farewell to the King of Acheen, 51; desperate plight of off the Cape, 53; returns to ​England, 53; magnificent success of his voyage, 54
** Langhorne, Sir William, appointed to investigate Winter's coup d'etat in Madras, 281
** Larica, English factory at, 211
** Leedes, W., 30
** Leicester, Earl of, organizes an expedition to the East, 19
** Leamr, or Imperial Camp, splendours of the, 149
** Leytimor, 214
** Lion, The, 252
** Literature on the East India Company's ships, 70
** London, The, 247
** Lanthor, 187, 190
** Lord Treasurer appealed to for redress against the Dutch, 182
** Lottery, a fateful, 228
** Luhu, Jourdain applies for a site for a factory at, 183; site for a factory offered at, 187; English factory at, 211
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* Macbeth, allusion to Fitch's travels in, 32
* Maoeasar, factory established at by Jourdain, 185
* Madagascar, Lancaster's visits, 43
* Madras (Fort St. George) founded, 263, 274; Thomas Pitt apointed President of, 286; English withdrawn to from Bengal, 303
* Magellan, Straits of, Cavendish proceeds through the, 22
* Makarrab Khan, history of, 75; intrigues against Hawkins, 89; falls from power, 119; besieges Dumaun, 123; seeks aid of Downton's fleet, 124; aids Sir Thomas Roe, 139
* Malacca. ﬁght between Dutch and Portuguese off, 180
* Malacca, Straits of, Lancaster visits the, 26, 43
* Malaya, first British buried in, 27
* Manda, Jahangir establishes his Court at, 152
* Mare Scourge, The, 40
* Markham's, Sir Clement, opinion of John Davis. 38
* Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, commands expedition for the occupation of Bombay, 266
* Mastifs presented to Jahangir, 157
* Merchant Royal The, 24
* Merchant's Hope, The, 124, 125
* Messa, or Grand Cairo, letters for- warded by way of, from Mocha, 111
* Michelborne, Sir Edward, a rival of Lancaster, 38; conducts an expedition to the East, 56; falls in with Japanese pirates, 59; desperate fight, 61; returns home, 64
* Michick, Cevice, Japanese victim at Amboina, 215
* Middleton, David, 67; successful expedition of to the Moluccas, 08, 113, 182
* Middleton, John, dies at Bantam, 52
* Middleton, Sir Henry, early life of, 66; conducts an expedition to the Moluccas, 67; arrives at Surat, 89; arrives with his fleet at Aden, 98; arrives at Mocha,100; taken prisoner, 102; quarrels with Downton, 106; escapes from captivity, 107; seizes an Indian ship at Mocha, 109; concludes peace with Shah-bundor of Mocha, 110; proceeds to India, 111; blockades Aden, 112; proceeds to Bantam, 113; dies at Bantam, 114; character of, 114; effect of the influence of, with the Indian traders, 177; visit of, to the Moluccas, 181
* Mir Jumlah, threatens the English, 277
* Mocha. Captain Alexander Sharpeigh visits, 07; Jourdain proceeds overland to, 97; Middleton's fleet arrives at, 99; ​English made captives at, 102; attack on the Darling at, 103
* Mogul Court, splendour of the, 133 Mogul Government, grants a firman to trade at Surat to the English, 122; declares war against the Portuguese, 123
* Moluccas, The, Cavendish viaita, 22; Lancaster sends a pinnace to, 52; Henry Middleton establishes a trade with, 67; David
Middleton conducts a successful expedition to, 68; Henry Middleton's visit to, 181; Reeling's visit to, 181; David Middleton's visit to, 182; Jourdain's visit to, 182; George Ball conducts an expedition to, 186; expedition despatched to, to relieve Courthope, 197; Dutch fleet withdraws from Jakatra to, 203
* Morgenstine, The, 192
* Mukund Deo, last King of Oriasa, 275
* Mumtar Mahal, Prince Khurmm's devotion to, 161
* Musical Instruments on the East India Company's ships, 70
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* Nailaka, Courthope establishes a fort on, 193
* Neira, 187, 193
* New Year's Gift, 124
* Newberry, James, 30
* Nicobar Islands, Lancaster touches at the, 26
* Noor Mahal, Jehangir's favourite queen, 137; accompanies
* Jehangir on his progress, 149; intrigues of, 161; assists the designs of Roe, 163
* North-West Passage, efforts to discover the, 19
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* Oriental Hansard, An, 143
* Orme's appreciation of Downton, 129
* Ormuz, Fitch and his companions imprisoned at, 31; Portuguese occupation of, 241; besieged by the Persians, 248; besieged
by the English, 252; surrendered to the English, 253; description of, 254
* Osiander, The, 117, 121
* Overland route for letters, early use of. 111
* Oxenden, Christopher, tomb of, 270
* Oxenden, Sir George, appointed to the charge of the Surat factory, 265; early career of, 266; skilful policy of, 269; death of, 270; epitaph of, 270; on the library at Surat factory, 315
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* Parsees of Bombay, 271
* Patani, Sir Edward Michelborne directs his course to, 58; the Darling at, 113; the Hound
and the Sampson attacked and captured by the Dutch at, 206
* Patham wrestles with a lion at Agra, 87
* Patna, factory established at, 277
* Pemba, Sharpeigh's fleet off, 93
* Pemberton escapes from captivity at Mocha, 105
* Penang, Lancaster visits, 26
* Penelope, The, 23
* Pepper Trade, 43
* Peppercorn, The, 69, 90, 99, 104, 108, 113
* Persian Gulf, English in the, 240; importance of the, 241
* Persians besiege Ormuz, 249; conclude a compact with the English, 250
* Phantom Ship, the legend of, 42
* Piracy, acts of, by Sir Edward Michelborne, 56
* Pitt, Thomas, arch-interloper, 283; appointed Governor of Madras, 286; famous diamond of, 288
* Plate, River, wreck of one of Fenton's ships off the mouth of the, 21 ​
* Poolo Ai, protest of natives of, against Dutch oppression, 186; Dutch and English fleets off, 188
* Poolo Roon, Courthope obtains cession of, 190; retrocession of, 239; final occupation of by the Dutch, 239
* Portugal and England, conclusion of peace between, 263
* Portugal and Holland, disastrous effect of war between, 264
* Portugal and Spain, grievous wrongs inflicted on the English by, 29
* Portugal and the Spice Islands, 179
* Portuguese fleet defeated off Surat by Best, 120
* Portuguese fleet defeated off Surat by Downton, 127
* Portuguese in the Persian Gulf, 241, 245
* Portuguese, Mogul Government declares war against, 123
* Portuguese opposition to the English, at Acheen, 47; in India, 66, 75, 111, 116, 120, 124, 240
* Portuguese ships captured in the Straits of Malacca by Lancaster, 27, 49
* Powle, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Preachers on the East India Company's ships, 71
* Presents intercepted by Jehangir, 154
* Priaman, Lancaster visits, 51
* Price, Abel, a prisoner at Amboina, 216; under torture implicates his colleagues in a charge of conspiracy, 217
* Prince Henry, at the christening of the Trade's Increase, 169; godfather to Sir Robert Shirley's son, 243
* Psalm Book at the Hague, a relic of Amboina, 230
* Psalm sung by Lancaster's men before the King of Acheen, 61
* Purchas's opinion of Downton, 129
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* Raffles, Sir T. S., on the Spice Islands, 179
* Rajapur, proposed retirement of the English to, 263
* Raleigh, Sir Walter, founds the Colony of Virginia, 21
* Ramsey, Ephraim, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Raymond, George, commands expedition to the East, 23; is lost in a storm off the Cape, 24
* Reaal, Laurence, Dutch Governor-General, seeks composition with Courthope, 193; issues proclamation against the English, 195;demands the evacuation of Poolo Roon, 196
* Recife, Lancaster's attack on, 29
* Red Dragon, The, 40, 52, 117
* Red Sea, Sir Henry Middleton returns to the, 112
* Red Sea Trade in ancient times, 92
* Rejib Aga, makes Sharpeigh captive at Aden, 96; plays the confidence trick on Sir Henry Middleton at Mocha, 100; directs attack on the English, 102; begins to "sing a new song," 109; poisons Laurence Femell, 110
* Religious observances of the Company's servants, 71, 310
* Roe, Sir Thomas, selected as Ambassador to Jehangir, 133; ancestry of, 133; arrives at Surat, 136; received by Jehangir, 135; opposed by Prince Khurrum, 137; forbidden to visit the Court, 138; is restored to favour, 139; Jehangir's liking for, 140; presents miniatures to Jehangir, 141; in present at one of Jehangir's drinking bouts, 142; horrified by an instance of Jehangir's cruelty, 143; presses for a treaty, 145; views of as to permanent representation at the Mogul Court, 145; describes Jehangir's departure from Ajmere, 147; describes the ​splendours of the Imperial Camp, 149; relates curious anecdote of Jehangir's behavioar to a fakir or devotee, 151; illness of, 152; arrives with the Imperial Camp at Mondu, 153; strange interview of with Jehangir relative to presents, 164; witnesses the ceremony of weighing the Emperor against gold, 158; arrogant conduct of Prince Khurrum to, 159; secures the aid of Asaf Khan and Noor Mahal, 161; is reconciled to Prince Khurrum, 162; proceeds to Ahmedabad, 164; falls under Jehangir's displeasure, 173; secures a firman to trade, 174; quits India, 175; death of, 175; importance of his work, 175.
* Roebuck, The, 247
* Rogers, the Rev, Peter, attacks Downton, 127; character of, 311
* Rosengyn, 190
* Rotterdam, The, 231
* Ruy Freire de Andrade conducts an expedition to the Persian Gulf, 246; surrenders to the English at Kishm, 252; escapes, 258
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* Sacrament denied to the Amboina prisoners, 228
* Sadler, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* St. Helena, Fenton's project for the annexation of, 20; Lancaster visits, 27
* St. John's Churchyard, Calcutta, Job Chamock's tomb in, 306
* Saldania, the old name of the Cape of Good Hope, 24
* Salmon, The, 124
* Sampson, The, 206
* San Pedro destroyed at Ormoz, 253
* Sana, Jonrdain and Glasscock travel to from Aden, 97; Sir Henry Middleton and his men in captivity at, 105
* Saris, Captain John, in the Red Sea, 112
* Scotchmen in the East India Company's service, 218
* Scurvy, the "disease of the sea," 24, 42
* Seychelles, "Die, Sharpeigh's fleet at, 94
* Shah Abbas, employs Sir Robert Shirley, 242; grants English firman to trade, 214; declares war against the Portuguese, 247 Shah Jehan, Emperor (see Prince Khurrum)
* Shah Jehan's daughter, romantic story concerning, 276
* Shahbunder of Mocha arranges terms of peace, 110
* Shakespeare alludes to Fitch's travels in Macbeth, 32
* Shariyar, Prince, 161
* Sharpeigh, Captain Alexander, establishes relations with Mocha, 67; disaster of, 68; at Aden, 93
* Sharrock, George, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Shayista Khan declares war against the English, 295
* Shilling, Captain, attacked by the Portuguese fleet, 247; death of, 248
* Shipman, Sir Abraham, commands military in the Bombay expedition, 267
* Sillebar, Sir Edward Michelbome visits, 57
* Sivaji attacks Surat, 269
* Soame, Sir Stephen, presides at the East India Company's first meeting, 37
* Socotra, Sharpeigh's fleet at, 94
* Solomon, The, attacked and captured by the Dutch, 197
* Spanish Armada, defeat of, 19,181
* Speedwell, The, 186
* Spice Islands, historic importance of the, 179
* Spice Trade, The, 43, 177
* Starkey, William, opens a factory in the Moluccas, 52
* Steele, Mrs. 129 ​
* Steele, Richard, scheme for waterworks at Agra, 166; journey through Persia, 214
* Sterne's, Eliza, born at Anjengo, 316
* Stevens, Thomas, probably the first Englishman to visit India, 31
* Story, J., 30
* Sunda Straits, Lancaster decides to return by the, 50; Dutch ships warned in the, 204
* Surat, Keeling visits, 67; William Hawkins arrives at, 74; Makarrab Khan, Governor of, 75; Sir Henry Middleton arrives at, 89; Best arrives at, 117; Best defeats the Portuguese off, 120; Downton defeats the Portuguese off, 127; Sir Thomas Roe arrives at, 135; Thomas Coryat dies at, 173; Van Speult dies at, 237; fight between English and Portuguese near, 261; Council at, urge occupation of Bombay, 263; attacked by Sivaji, 269; seat of Government transferred from, to Bombay, 304; Company's factory at, 310
* Susan, The, 40
* Sutanuti, English occupation of, 296, 301
* Swally Roads, 120, 125
* Swan, The, 189, 191
* Swes (Suez), trade with in the eighteenth century, 106
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* Temate, King of, Dutch conclude treaties with the, 180; Jourdain referred to the, 183 Terry, Rev. Edward, received in friendly fashion by Jehangir, 154; describes William Hemsell, Jehangir's coachman, 166
* Thomnssin, The, 187
* Thomson, Emanuel, a prisoner of Amboina, 218; speech of, upon the scaffold, 234 Tiger, The, Michelbome's ship, 57 Tiger's Whelp,The, 57 Torture at Amboina, description of the, 219
* Towerson, Gabriel, marries Mrs. William Hawkins, 90; in principal charge at Amboina, 211; character of, 212; arrest of, 218; protests his innocence, 223; last hours of, 231; execution of, 234
* Trade's Increase, The, christened by James I, 69; at Aden, 99; runs aground at Mocha, 100; at Assab Bay, 108; destroyed by fire at Bantam, 114; sickness amongst the crew of, 185
* Tragedy of Amboina, What was the, 238
* Treaty of Defence concluded, 209
* Treaty of Westminster concluded, 237
* Trully, Robert, the comet-player at Jehangir's Court, 165
U
* Ulubaria, English occupy, 300
* Union, The, 68, 93
V
* Van der Berg, a prisoner of the Inquisition at Goa, 260
* Van Speult, Herman, Dutch Governor of Amboina, character of, 212; despatch of, concerning conspiracy charge, 215; challenges the accuracy of the English account of the torture of prisoners, 214; dies at Surat, 237
* Venetian monopoly of Eastern markets, 33
* Virginia, Colony of, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, 21
W
* Waghom, Lieutenant, and Overland Route, 111
* Waterworks Scheme for Agra, promoted by Richard Steele, ​
* Webber, William, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Weddell, Captain, in command of ship in the Persian Gulf, 248
* West Indies, Lancaster visits the, 28
* Western India, Captain Sharpoiph's ship wrecked on the coast of, 28
* Wetherall, John, a prisoner of Amboina, 218
* Winter, Sir Edward, appointed to reorganize Company's factories in Madras and Bengal, 278; superseded by George Foxcroft, 278; deposes Foxcroft, 280; surrender of to a Royal Commissioner, 281; returns to England, 282
* Wood's, Captain Benjamin, disastrous voyage to China, 33
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Z
* Zanzibar, James Lancaster lands at, 25
* Zulfikar Khan, Prince Khurrum's favourite, 132; places obstacles in the way of Sir Thomas Roe's mission, 135; Makarrab Khan, a rival of, 139
* Zwarte Leeuw (Black lion) captured by Dale, 200