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Cox & Beale Co., 434

Crofts & Kelican, Messrs, 425, 431

Cromwell, Oliver, 5, 51, 93, 125-9

Cross, Captain, 92-3

Crown,
172-3

Cuddalore, 243, 282, 284, 339, 414, 416

Cuddalore,
354

Culliford, Captain ‘Cutlass’, 188

Cumberland, Earl of, 14

Curtana,
202, 223

Dabhol, 87, 404, 407

Dalrymple, Alexander, 333, 347-8, 352-6, 357-8, 359, 362, 410, 429, 432, 440, 453

dastak,
232, 235-7, 258-60, 300, 309, 323-4, 367, 370-1, 377, 396

Daud Khan, Nawab of Carnatic, 213-15, 241

Day, Francis, 68-9, 130, 193-4

Defence,
43-4, 161-4, 205-7

Delhi, 225-9, 374, 375, 400

Deptford Yard, 112, 127

Derby,
264, 268

Dermigny, Louis, 350, 393

Devikottai, 287-8, 334, 339

Dhaka, 149, 150, 151, 159, 167, 236, 306, 320

Dhofar, 103

Diligence,
38

Discovery,
117

Diu, 126

Divi Island, 222, 243-5

diwani,
326, 377-9, 382, 400

Dixon, Captain George, 434

Dodwell, H. H., 273, 293, 366, 377

Douglas, James, 251

Douglas, Robert, 208-9

Dow, Alexander, 382

Dowgate Adventurers, 180-2, 203;
see also
‘New Company’

Downing, Lieutenant Clement, 255, 259, 260, 261

Downton, Richard, 96-7, 98

Drake, Sir Francis, 10, 11

Drake, President Roger, 300, 302-3, 305, 306, 308

Draper, Colonel William, 340-2, 343-7, 354

Dum-Dum, 302

Dundas, Henry, 389, 390-1, 394, 418, 420, 435, 437-9, 450, 451

Dupleix, Joseph, Marquis de, 239, 274-93, 333, 425

Dutch East India Company,
see
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (V.O.C.)

Dutton, John, 129

East India Company,

Danish, 239

Dutch,
see
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie

English,
passim, more correctly see
‘New Company’

French,
see
Compagnie des Indes

Imperial,
see
Ostend Company

London,
passim

Scottish, 182

Swedish, 239

United,
passim
post 1701

East India Dock, 112

Eastern Passage, 353-4

Eckman, Lieutenant Peter, 277, 279

Edward Bonaventure,
11-12

Elizabeth, Queen, 13, 18, 32

Ellis, William, 370, 372, 374

Evans, Christopher, 56, 58

Evans, Rev. John, 172

Evelyn, John, 174

Expedition,
37-9, 46, 91, 92, 103, 211

Experiment,
197-9, 432

Eyre, Charles, 166-8

Fairfax, Lord, 124

Falconer, William, 382

Fancy,
186

Farquhar, Governor Robert, 444

Farquhar, William, 446, 448-9, 454

Farrukhsiyar, 224-9, 231, 235, 237, 244, 300

Fateh Mohammed,
186

Finch, Will, 76, 77, 79

Flint, James, 350-2, 353

Flores, 354

Floris, Peter, 60-4, 87, 102, 195, 359, 449

Floyer, President Charles, 287, 288

Forde, Colonel Francis, 342

Formosa (Taiwan), 197, 205, 456

Forrest, Sir George, 327

Forrest, Captain Thomas, 357, 360-1, 429

Fort Abercrombie,
see
Pelew Islands

Fort Cornwallis,
see
Penang

Fort Marlborough,
see
Benkulen

Fort St David (Cuddalore), 243, 275-6, 280, 282-4, 288, 294, 338-9

Fort St George,
see
Madras

Fort William,
see
Calcutta

Fort York,
see
Benkulen

Fox, Charles James, 270, 389-90, 419

Francis, Philip, 386-7, 388, 399, 403, 404, 405, 407-8

French East India Company,
see
Compagnie des Indes

Fryer, Dr John, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137

Fukuoka, 57

Fullerton, Lieutenant, 242

Fulta, 303, 305, 306, 307

Fur trade, 432-5

Furber, H., 235, 251, 420

Fursland, President, 105

Gang-i-Sawai,
186, 187

Garraway, Sir Henry, 26

Gary, Captain Henry, 133-4, 136, 139, 140

Gayer, Sir John, 183-4, 187, 189-92, 212-13

General Court,
see
Court of Proprietors

General Society,
see ‘
New Company’

George I, King, 226

George II, King, 336

George III, King, 379, 390

Gheriah (Vijayadrug), 260-1, 264, 267-9, 294

Gilolo Passage, 357

Globe,
61-4, 102

Goa, 72, 76, 94, 102, 108, 123

Goa, Convention of, 108, 117, 121, 122, 131

Goddard, Colonel Thomas, 407, 413

Godolphin’s Award, 212

Golconda (Hyderabad), 61, 67, 68, 189, 194, 200, 214, 243-4

Goldsborough, Sir John, 165, 166, 173

Gombroon, 105-7, 116, 124, 128, 139, 251, 344

Grant, Captain, 301, 303

Grantham, Sir Thomas, 139-40, 142

Greenberg, Michael, 454

Grenville, Lord, 368

Griffin, Captain Thomas, 283-4

Gujarat, 73-4, 79, 94, 115-18, 142, 184;
see also
Surat, Ahmadabad, Baroda etc.

Gunung Api, 44

Gwadar, 103

Gwalior, Scindias of, 402, 404, 406, 407-8, 413, 415

Gyfford, Mrs Katherine, 251-3, 255-9, 263, 273

Gyfford, William, 251-3

‘Hadah’, 93, 94

Hainan Island, 354

Haiphong, 197

Hakluyt, Richard, 11

Hamilton, Captain Alexander, 69, 132, 133, 143, 144, 145, 146, 176, 194, 196-7, 206, 210, 223, 253-4, 449

Hamilton, Dr William, 227, 228, 229

Hand, John, 175, 176

Hanoi, 197

Harihapur, 68

Harlow, V. T., 377

Harrington,
264

Harrison, Edward, 243-4

Harvey, John, 256-7

Hastings, Warren, 153, 169, 306, 321, 365, 370-2, 382, 385-8, 394-420, 421-6

Hawkins, William, 74-80, 85-9, 100, 122

Hayes, Captain Robert, 47

Heath, Captain William, 161-4, 205-7

Hector,
15-26, 20, 22-4, 32, 34, 41, 74-7, 85, 89, 90

Hedges, Robert, 230

Hedges, William, 149-53, 171, 172, 173

Hijili Island, 157-8, 159, 303, 320

Hippon, Anthony, 63 Hirado, 55-60, 64-6

Hokkaido, 59

Holland, 4, 5, 10, 11-13, 31-4, 36-7, 40, 50-1, 53-4, 65, 106-7, 125, 126;

see also
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of Defence

Holwell, John Zephaniah, 301, 303-4, 306, 379

Hong Kong, 198, 333, 357-8, 455-6

Honshu, 57, 59

Hope, Ensign, 337, 338

Hopewell,
38, 195, 196, 211

Hormuz, 76, 94, 103, 104-7, 125

Hosiander,
64, 97

Hudson, Henry, 9, 59

Hudson, Richard, 59

Hué, 425, 427-8

Hughes, Sir Edward, 411, 414, 416

Hughli, 124, 142, 149, 152, 154-5, 159, 167, 171, 192, 223, 309, 320

Hughli River, 130, 154-6, 161, 164-5, 236, 302, 307, 312-15, 414

Hume, Alexander, 238, 239

Hunt, Richard, 43

Hunter, Sir William, 128, 154, 165-6, 170, 181, 383

Hyder Ali of Mysore, 343, 381, 389, 401, 407, 410-15, 416

Hyderabad, Nizams of, 243, 244, 286, 288, 289, 291, 342, 401, 407, 410-11

Imhoff, Marian (Mrs Warren Hastings), 399

India Act 1784, 390-1, 393, 435

‘Indian Mutiny’, 392

Indigo trade, 98, 99

Indore, Holkars of, 402

Interlopers, 144, 151, 171-7, 180, 199-200, 237-8;

see also
Michelborne, Pitt etc.

Irrawaddy, 333

Isfahan, 103, 104, 124

Ives, Surgeon Edward, 256, 269, 295, 305, 307, 311, 313, 314

Iyeyasu, Shogun of Japan, 53, 55, 58, 65

Jakarta, 20, 45;
see also
Batavia

James I, King, 4, 19, 24-5, 39, 41, 43, 57-8, 76, 93, 99, 103, 120

James II, King, 131, 177, 178, 202

James, Sir William, 265-9, 311, 353, 380, 390

Jamestown, Saint Helena, 129

Japan, 13, 53-60, 64-6, 196, 197-8, 199, 436

Jardine, William, 455

Jardine Matheson & Co., 434, 454, 455-6

Jasbir Singh, A. K., 424

Jask, 103, 104

Java, 7, 10, 19-21, 29-32, 53, 358, 446-9, 453;

see also
Bantam, Batavia etc

Jeffreys, Judge, 175

Jehangir, Moghul Emperor, 78-80, 86, 89, 95-6, 99-102

Jenkins, Captain Robert, 264-5, 271

Jenkins’ Ear, War of, 271, 333

Jenny,
426-8

Johnstone, John, 376, 379, 382-3, 387

Johore, 448

Joint Stock, First, 99, 113

Second, 99, 111, 113

Third, 113-14

Fourth, 127

United, 124, 127

Jolly, Dr, 243

Jolo Island, 354

Jones, Captain Jasper, 298

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