The author, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), was a businessman and humanist, from 1451 onwards in favour at the Court of Naples. His Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto, written in 1458, was for a long time considered his only surviving work. Our manus...
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The logbook volume contains "Some particular Remarks at Kedgerry on Bengall River By Thos. Bowrey, Commander the Ship Lo...
Description:
Thomas Bowrey (ca. 1650-1713), pilot, East India merchant, and investor, was the compiler of the first published Malay-English dictionary (1701).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., India, Malabar Coast., England, Great Britain, Bengal, Bay of, Bengal (India), Malabar Coast (India), and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Bowrey, Thomas, approximately 1650-1713., East India Company., and English Company Trading to the East-Indies.
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The logbook volume contains "Some particular Remarks at Kedgerry on Bengall River By Thos. Bowrey, Commander the Ship Lo...
Description:
Thomas Bowrey (ca. 1650-1713), pilot, East India merchant, and investor, was the compiler of the first published Malay-English dictionary (1701).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., India, Malabar Coast., England, Great Britain, Bengal, Bay of, Bengal (India), Malabar Coast (India), and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Bowrey, Thomas, approximately 1650-1713., East India Company., and English Company Trading to the East-Indies.