'Fragment of a Narrative of an Overland Journey to India' [‎138r] (17/18)

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'Fragment of a Narrative of an Overland Journey to India'

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Ref: IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 130-138

The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 1804. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Content: Contains advice on the different overland routes from Europe to India via Suez and Bussorah [Basra] including beard and clothes to wear ('a European should allow his beard and whiskers to grow, and always wear an Eastern dress'), and currency to take (Venetian chequins).
Extent and format: 1 item (8 folios)
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 130-138
Title: 'Fragment of a Narrative of an Overland Journey to India'
Pages: 130r:138v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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