Cette histoire des Établissements français dans l’Inde durant le XXe siècle comble une lacune car il n’existe pas, dans la production française, d’ouvrage embrassant l’évolution des Comptoirs français durant le siècle dernier. En dépeignant les évolutions, de 1914 à 1962, de la vie politique, administrative et économique ainsi que les mutations sociales dans les Établissements, l’ouvrage montre la manière dont les décisions furent prises à Pondichéry, à New Delhi, à Paris et à Londres. Du point de vue de la décolonisation, cette histoire est aussi inédite car elle ne reflète pas une lutte pour l’indépendance mais une volonté de rattachement à un autre pays, démontre par la même occasion qu’il est possible à deux nations, par-delà des antagonismes politiques, de maintenir des liens ancestraux et de les affermir, en les renouvelant.
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ISBN: 9782343196039

Le 15 août 1947, au moment où l’Inde obtenait son indépendance, l’Asie du Sud donnait naissance à un nouvel État, le Pakistan, disloqué entre l’extrême ouest et l’extrême est du Sous-continent. Cette partition à grande échelle s’accompagna d’un exode massif des deux côtés des nouvelles frontières, donnant lieu entre communautés hindoue, musulmane et sikhe, à des massacres d’une violence inouïe perpétrés par des populations paniquées et désorientées. On parle de près d’un million de morts et de dix à douze millions de personnes déplacées, sans parler des viols, des incendies, des pillages et des dizaines de milliers de femmes kidnappées, qui entachèrent durablement l’histoire du sous-continent indien.
Il ne s’agit pas dans cet ouvrage de s’interroger sur les causes des événements tragiques de la Partition, mais plutôt d’en examiner les conséquences à long terme et de percevoir, à travers la production littéraire et artistique massive qui a suivi les années 1947-1948 et continue à la documenter et à la discuter, l’impact majeur suscité par cette fracture historique, culturelle et sociale. Cet ouvrage, composé d’articles critiques, d’entretiens et de textes littéraires en traductions inédites, propose ainsi d’examiner la Partition comme « paradigme esthétique », en identifiant tant les récurrences de sa représentation, de ses conséquences et de sa mémoire, que la variété des genres et des modes dans laquelle cette mémoire se formule. Enfin, il s’agit d’examiner les enjeux de ces représentations, tant au niveau de la culture qu’au niveau de l’Histoire et de son écriture.
Cet ouvrage, de nature inédite en France, fait écho à de nombreux travaux entrepris ces dernières décennies en Inde et dans les universités anglophones, qui visent à reconstruire l’Histoire de l’Inde au regard d’une histoire sociale et culturelle restée longtemps inexplorée.
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ISBN: 9782807610255

Pondichéry la sensuelle est un hymne à la sororité dans lequel les femmes sont à l’honneur, celles qui prennent leur destin en main. Découvrez l’Inde traditionnelle à travers la destinée de ces héroïnes tamoules prêtent à braver les croyances et conditionnements pour s’émanciper et acquérir plus de liberté dans un pays encore conservateur. Des histoires d’amour qui vont éveiller vos cinq sens à travers les couleurs, les parfums, la musique et les saveurs indiennes, le tout agrémenté d’une pointe d’érotisme.
Un fil conducteur relie ces sept nouvelles, avec en filigrane l’histoire de l’ancien comptoir français. Maintenant vous êtes à Pondichéry, laissez votre imagination faire le reste… Chilpa Dévi
ISBN: 9791022797702

Dans la perception occidentale, les Rajas indiens évoquent souvent un luxe suranné, alors que la société indienne continue d’être appréhendée prin¬cipalement par le biais des inégalités de castes ou de la tradition hindoue textuelle. L’objectif du volume n’est pas de relancer le débat sur la nature de la royauté en Inde, mais plutôt d’aborder la société de cour (au-delà du roi) comme un ensemble de relations et de pratiques, autrement dit de considérer la royauté comme un modèle de civilisation.
La royauté hindoue a été abondamment étudiée, notamment la relation entre rois et brahmanes (Jan Heesterman) ou, dans une perspective plus large, entre le pouvoir politique et les institutions et valeurs socioreligieuses (Louis Dumont). Cet ouvrage rappelle que le développement des études régionales a déplacé le débat vers la nature de l’Etat dans l’Inde ancienne. Plusieurs modèles ont été proposés : féodalisme, Etat bureaucratique, Etat segmentaire et souveraineté rituelle, Etat intégratif selon un modèle processuel, formation impériale.
De plus, des recherches anthropologiques et ethno-historiques ont souligné le rôle central de la royauté dans la société indienne. Plus récemment, Daud Ali a ouvert une nouvelle voie de recherche, avec le concept de ” société de cour ” de Norbert Elias en Inde tout en reconnaissant les contributions de Michel Foucault à propos de l’appareil d’Etat. Celles-ci ont aidé à placer la recherche sur la royauté indienne dans la continuité de processus historiques plus vastes, sociaux, économiques et religieux.
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ISBN: 9782713228193

Photographie d’Inde de 19e siecle. Les clichés réunis dans l’ouvrage retracent l’histoire du développement de la photographie à partir de 1839 en Inde. Prises par de grands photographes comme Baker & Burke, Linnaeus Tripe ou encore Samuel Bourne, ces images donnent à voir la majesté des sites de l’Inde, leurs paysages, leur architecture et de nombreuses scènes de la vie quotidienne.
ISBN: 9782711874620

Evincée des Indes et confinée dans ses minuscules comptoirs, la France y suit entre 1816 et 1871 une politique indigène prudente, respectueuse des cultes et des castes, des usages et des coutumes, qui lui vaut, sinon l’adhésion, du moins la confiance des Indiens. Renouant avec le dogme révolutionnaire de l’assimilation par les institutions, la Troisième République rompt avec cette politique en invitant les Indiens à élire au suffrage universel, sans distinction de couleur, de religion ni de caste, un député et un sénateur, un conseil général et des conseils municipaux.
Imposée sans concertation préalable et sans la moindre tentative d’assimilation culturelle, cette politique, qui se veut décentralisatrice et émancipatrice des intouchables, produit des effets désastreux, conférant le pouvoir à un “parti indien” bien décidé à asseoir la domination des hautes castes. Dans les années 1890, un “parti français” s’allie aux basses castes et aux musulmans pour évincer l’oligarchie hindoue.
Dès lors, chaque élection donne lieu à de gigantesques fraudes et à des violences meurtrières entre castes et communautés. C’est parce que la minuscule Inde française est devenue la terre des fraudes et des violences électorales, que le parti du Congrès peut s’opposer à l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination après l’accession de l’Union indienne à l’indépendance en 1947. Le traité de cession ne sera signé qu’en 1956, mais dès avant le transfert de facto du 1er novembre 1954, l’essentiel est décidé : les ressortissants des comptoirs auront la faculté d’opter pour la France, ce que feront quelques milliers d’entre eux, à l’origine de la communauté franco-pondichérienne ; les anciens Etablissements français, Pondichéry, Karikal, Mahé et Yanaon, dont les habitants sont attachés à leur particularisme seront érigés en Territoire de l’Union indienne ; les institutions culturelles françaises seront maintenues et contribueront au cachet de Pondichéry, dont la géométrie urbaine et la French Touch attirent aujourd’hui des visiteurs indiens et français de plus en plus nombreux.
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ISBN: 9782846545495

This book is part of the research on travel literature in the 17th century and brings together in a new way an exhaustive collection of French travellers who stayed in India. Their accounts transmit anecdotes that were either lived or transformed for the sake of the narrative in order to satisfy the reader.
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ISBN: 9782406121534

Le 5 octobre 1864, un violent cyclone s’abat sur la plaine du Gange. Calcutta, capitale de l’Empire britannique en Inde, est dévastée. « Le jardin botanique de Calcutta figure désormais parmi les choses du passé », lit-on dans le Gardener’s Chronicle.
Trois décennies plus tard, le jardin était pourtant devenu l’un des plus éminents symboles de l’Empire britannique. Les visiteurs affluaient pour admirer un arbre immense à l’allure de forêt : le grand banian. Son herbier, riche de milliers de spécimens venus de tous les territoires impériaux, en faisait un haut lieu de la classification botanique. Ses directeurs étaient tenus de contribuer à l’essor économique du Raj en tentant d’acclimater de nouvelles espèces et d’améliorer le rendement des récoltes. Ses responsables en écrivaient l’histoire comme celle d’un lieu colonial modèle qui servait la mission civilisatrice de l’empire.
Ce livre étudie le rôle à la fois symbolique et économique qu’a joué le jardin botanique de Calcutta dans le dispositif d’un empire alors à son apogée. À l’aide d’archives inexploitées jusqu’ici, Marine Bellégo nous plonge dans le quotidien à la fois monotone et tourmenté de l’un des plus grands jardins botaniques coloniaux. Elle met ainsi au jour les innombrables tensions qui parcouraient ce microcosme impérial dysfonctionnel, faisant un sort aux échecs d’acclimatation, aux désastres logistiques, aux problèmes de main-d’œuvre et à la dureté implacable des relations humaines dans la sphère coloniale. L’ouvrage explore ainsi comment se rejouaient au sein d’un jardin botanique les ambiguïtés, les contradictions et la violence structurelle de l’entreprise impériale.
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ISBN: 9782856539699

Le XXIe siècle naissant voit la consécration d’une idéologie qui assimile l’indianité à une hindouïté pure et unifiée (hindutva), illustrée par la victoire politique des nationalistes hindous. À rebours d’une telle vision, cet ouvrage étudie l’hindouisme en tant que point de contacts avec l’Autre, comme un espace socioreligieux de relations à l’altérité. De même que toute religion, tout groupe ou tout fait social, l’hindouisme et les hindous ne peuvent être compris ni en tant qu’isolats, ni en tant qu’éléments totalement homogènes. Comment, dans l’hindouisme, se formulent et se contestent les différences communautaires tant vis-à-vis des non-hindous qu’entre les hindous euxmêmes, en Inde (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bengale Occidental, Odisha, Jharkhand), mais aussi dans plusieurs terres d’immigration hindoue (île Maurice, La Réunion, Canada, Fidji) ? Le volume interroge les manières dont cette religion se vit et se construit dans une multitude de rapports à l’Autre qui l’influencent et le transforment en permanence. Par-delà les terrains indiens, les études de cas menées hors de l’Inde offrent un accès original et nécessaire aux déclinaisons des frontières et des relations avec l’Autre qui se négocient également loin du territoire hindou originel. En questionnant ainsi les relations complexes que les hindous entretiennent avec l’altérité, le volume traque les dynamiques d’adaptation, d’incorporation ou de rejet de traditions autres qui sont au cœur de l’hindouisme.
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ISBN: 9782713228827

Cet ouvrage, qui contient cinquante contes, est le premier volet d’une série qui en comporte trois cent soixante-cinq. Ils ont été écrits et racontés au rythme d’un par semaine par l’auteur, grand-père, à ses petits-enfants vivant en France afin de les familiariser avec la culture indienne. Pour toute personne qui s’intéresse à l’Inde, ces textes sont tout à la fois un retour à l’émerveillement de l’enfance et une invitation à un questionnement sur des valeurs fondamentales quelque peu ébranlées par la frénésie du monde moderne.
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ISBN: 9782343242767

Des blessures anciennes qui peinent à cicatriser, des espoirs qui bercent et des présents qui transpercent ceux que Pondichéry a enfantés. Nocturne Pondichéry est un recueil de nouvelles qui raconte des vies façonnées par des siècles de colonisation et une culture indienne complexe. Des histoires imaginaires ancrées dans la dure et multiple réalité de l’Inde.
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ISBN: ‎ 9782343233055

En dépit de la montée en puissance du nationalisme hindou et à l’exception de la période d’état d’urgence (1975-1977), la République indienne essaie de préserver depuis près de soixante-dix ans un système démocratique et laïc (séculariste) grâce à un pouvoir judiciaire indépendant qui fait respecter l’autorité de la loi et les droits fondamentaux. Même si l’Inde, ce géant démographique de 1,350 milliard d’habitants sans compter sa diaspora (28 millions de personnes), a rattrapé la France en étant la 6e puissance économique mondiale, cette croissance est très inégalement répartie tant sur le plan socioéconomique que géographique.
Comment ce pays émergent entre puissance et vulnérabilité arrivera-t-il à relever les nombreux défis en matière de justice sociale et environnementale et à maintenir cette stabilité dans un environnement régional et mondial troublé ?
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ISBN: 9782749550329

Épidémie la plus meurtrière du XIXe siècle, la crise du choléra de 1859 s’est ancrée durablement dans la mémoire collective réunionnaise. Elle a également constitué un point de bascule pour la société réunionnaise dans plusieurs domaines tels que l’organisation de la santé publique ou la gestion de l’immigration notamment. Pourtant, cette épidémie n’a encore jamais fait l’objet d’aucune publication historique approfondie et totalement dédiée. C’est pourquoi cet ouvrage propose une étude riche et complète de cet épisode dramatique, en le replaçant dans son contexte colonial et indianocéanique du milieu du XIXe siècle, explorant à la fois ses aspects sociaux, politiques, scientifiques et religieux. En effet, plus que la seule analyse historique d’une épidémie du passé, cet ouvrage offre une vision nouvelle et originale en associant à l’histoire une problématique mémorielle et patrimoniale liée à la pratique religieuse, à travers le site de pèlerinage du sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de la Salette à Saint-Leu. Il s’agit donc d’un travail d’enquête rigoureux, basé à la fois sur un grand nombre d’archives historiques et sur des témoignages plus récents de pèlerins. À l’heure où la planète entière, y compris La Réunion, redécouvre brutalement la réalité d’une vie en temps de pandémie, le lecteur est invité à nourrir sa réflexion et à développer sa compréhension de la crise sanitaire actuelle grâce au recul historique qu’offre l’analyse de l’épidémie de choléra de 1859 à La Réunion.
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ISBN: 9782490596638

Cet ouvrage est le troisième de quatre volumes, dont les deux premiers sont parus en 2019 et 2020. Le premier, intitulé “l’Inde entrevue”, est consacré aux deux Compagnies, celle de Colbert et celle de Law, aux comptoirs et à leur commerce, à la politique de Dupleix et à la rivalité franco-britannique, qui se termine par la mainmise de l’East India Company et par l’éviction complète des intérêts français dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle.
Au XIXe siècle, des officiers napoléoniens qui administrent le royaume sikh du Punjab et des missionnaires catholiques entretiennent une présence française dans un pays où la France ne joue plus aucun rôle. Elle végète dans ses misérables comptoirs jusqu’au Second Empire quand, grâce aux progrès du libre-échange au Royaume-Uni, grâce à l’essor de l’émigration indienne aux colonies à sucre, grâce à son industrie textile, Pondichéry connaît un spectaculaire renouveau.
Le second volume traite de la politique d’assimilation de la Troisième République dans ses comptoirs, dont tous les habitants sont dès 1871 proclamés citoyens et électeurs sans distinction de couleur, de religion ni de caste. Imposée sans concertation préalable par le pouvoir central, cette politique qui se veut décentralisatrice produit des effets désastreux, conférant le pouvoir à un parti indien réactionnaire et anti-français, puis, à partir de 1906, à de véritables maffias politiques.
Les effets de l’assimilation se font sentir jusqu’au dernier moment : héritière de sa devancière, la IVe République ne peut céder ses établissements à l’Inde de Nehru sans consulter leurs habitants qui sont des citoyens français. Or, le parti du Congrès ne veut pas d’un référendum. Le troisième et le quatrième volume sont consacrés aux regards et aux influences croisés. Les représentations de l’Inde en France, l’image et l’influence de la France en Inde, les perceptions du nationalisme indien en France et les relations bilatérales après l’indépendance de l’Union indienne jusqu’à nos jours.
Le quatrième volume “Les relations bilatérales” est la suite du troisième et reprend la bibliographie et un index général.
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ISBN: 9782846545648

Lorsque, au XIXe siècle, l’Inde découvre la France, elle apparaît à ses élites comme une alternative au monologue que leur impose la domination britannique. Ses intellectuels se passionnent pour Molière et Hugo et ses nationalistes pour la philosophie des Lumières, l’histoire de la Révolution et les principes de la République. En France, l’image de l’Inde fluctue avec le temps et ceux qui en parlent : vénérée par Voltaire et les romantiques, qui s’inclinent devant son génie, étudiée par de brillants indianistes, l’Inde est aussi vilipendée par les missionnaires, dénigrée par les petites plumes de la littérature populaire.
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ISBN: 9782846545716

There are a number of print editions of this book, from 1570 to 1625, listed in the British Library main catalogue. The URL is for
Les Provesses Et Vaillances du Redoute Mabrian, lequel fut Roy de Jerusalem, & de l’Inde, la Maiour, Troyes: Oudot, 1625, 226 pp.
There is no page numbering in the text. Inde is mentioned throughout the text, however no recognisable places are mentioned. It seems to be a work of fiction.

The book is in 2 parts. Part 1, 1 to 175pp, are letters from Luiz Froes about Japan and does not mention India. Part 2, 114pp, has a separate frontpiece (187p on Google) and page numbering and are the letters from Nicolas Pimante to Claude Aquinaviva from Goa, dated 21 December 1599. The letters are about the church in Inde and Pegu and mention Goa, Cochin, Zamorin, Bengal, Negapatan, Ganges, Siripur, Malabar, Coromandel and multiple other places.

The book is divided into 16 livres with continuous page numbering. The book uses “Indes” in the general sense and does not mention Indes Orientales as such, however it does discuss Africa, Bresil, Japon and Inde. There are multiple references to places in Inde throughout the book including Goa, Coromin, Cocin, Guzarates, Coromandel, Malabares, Meliampor, Zamorin, St Thomas, Mangalor, Narsingan, Cananor, Colan, Tanor, Calecut, Brachmanes etc from 49p onwards. There is an extensive index from 945p.

This book is an annual letter from Nicolas Pimenta, visiteur de la province de l’Inde Orientale, dated décembre 1600. The author left Goa in December 1599 for Lahor and Cambaia to meet le Roy de Mogor. He returned on 1 December 1600. There are many references to Zamorin, Cochin, Bengala, Negapatan and Goa, as well as many other missions in Inde.

The first 2 sections of the book concern China and Japan with no references to Inde. The section on le Grand Roy de Mogor commences on p. 193 and includes references to other roys such as those of Agra, Calicut, Echebar. The discussion includes elephants, the religious mores of the kingdom, as well as places such as Goa, Surratte, Fatepur, Gange, Lahor. The letters seem to have been written in 1595.

Inde and places in Inde are mentioned in this book about plants, which has illustrations. There is one section devoted to “Figuier d’Inde”, 123p, and the section on “Des arbres appellez tristes”, 259-268p, notes that these trees are found in Goa and Malabar and includes other discussion.

This book is numbered on alternate pages, hence it has 352 numbered pages but 704 pages of written text. It compares and contrasts les Indes Orientales and Occidentales and also describes the remarkable things that can be found in these places such as metals, plants, animals as well as the ceremonies, moeurs, laws, governments and wars of les Indiens. The book seems to concentrate more on Indes Occidentales and America. No places in Inde are mentioned, apart from Goa, 33p, once as a place to travel from Lisbon and Cap de Comorni, 22p. The term Indien is used somewhat loosely to describe people from both Indes.

This book is the second part of a compilation of the Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales translated by Wytfliet and Histoire Universelle des Indes Orientales. The 2 livres in the Indes Orientales section have continuous page numbering (76 pp.).
Livre 1 (pp. 1-44): the early chapters review the voyage of Vasque de Gama to Indes via Mozambique, finding un pilote Indien for the voyage to Calicut (p. 16) and meeting the Roy de Calicut. After the return of de Gama to Portugal there is the description of other voyages to Calicut and then to Cochin (p. 30). In 1505 there is a meeting with the Roy de Narsinge (p. 32), and then descriptions of various battles. Goa starts being mentioned from p. 36. Although there are some chapters on Malaca, Livre 1 concentrates on Inde.
Livre 2 (pp. 45-72) has sections on other countries in Indes Orientales such as Japan, China, Borneo etc., as well as Bengals (p. 62), Malabar (p. 65), Cranganor (p. 67), Narsinde & Decan (p. 68) and Cambaia (p. 70).
After Livre 2 there is another book with a separate frontispiece called La suite de l’histoire des Indes Orientales, de la conversion des Indiens. Douay: Fabri, 1607, 80 pp.
This book includes a chapter on Goa (p. 9), Cocin (p. 15), Damana, Coulan, Cap de Comorin plus other towns, including Macao. Later in this book there is a description of the conversion to the Indes Occidentales and the final pages are a list of chapters and the contents for the Indes Orientales books.

This seems to be a later version/copy of Nouueaux aduertissemens tres certains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales: Contenans la conversion de trois grans Roys infidelles, de la secte Mahommet, convertis et baptisez, avec tous leurs subjects: et suiuans à present nostre saincte Foy Chrestienne. Pour Jean Dallier libraire, Paris 1571.
The book is a chronicle of a voyage to a number of places: Manado, Isle de Saguine, Cauripe, Goa, Cocin, Margone, Porcada. Three Roys were baptised. The final sentence: Ecrit aux Indes en l’Isle de Madere le 17 jour d’Aout 1570.

This book is divided into 3 livres, each with separate chapter numbering. Livre 1 (pp. 1-360); Livre 2 (pp. 361-572); Livre 3 (pp. 573-748). From p. 749 there is a separate part with separate page numbering on La messe des anciens chrestiens which has both French and Latin text.
There are multiple references to Inde and places in Inde in this book. As the book is about the Roman Catholic Church in Inde, Goa and the Archevesques de Goa are mentioned throughout and includes their visits to multiple other places in Inde where there were churches – Cochin, Cassanor, Malipur, Calicut, Travancor, Cranganor, Malabar etc.

The 3 volumes of this book are referenced in the British Library online catalogue, but not in Goldsmith under Jarric. There, they are listed under Du Jarric, Pierre (p. 148).
Volume 1 includes Livres 1 and 2 and discusses the history of the discovery of Les Indes by the Portuguese and first mentions of Inde and places in Inde starts from p. 18 onwards. Thereafter Inde is featured extensively in the book, particularly Goa and Cochin.
Volume 2 includes Livres 3 and 4. Livre 3 discusses Africa, including the Congo, Angola, Ethiopie and Brasil. Livre 4 includes the Royaume d’Ormuz, l’Empire du Grand Mogor (pp. 426-498) and Royaume de Chine.
Volume 3, published in 1614 by the same printer, includes Livres 5 and 6 and covers the history of Les Indes from 1600 to 1610. Again Inde and places in Inde, such as Goa, Cochin and Agra, are mentioned throughout the book. There are chapters on other parts of Indes such as Chine interspersed with the chapters on Inde.

A native of Laval in the prosperous Maine region (now Mayenne), François Pyrard set sail on The Corbin in 1601. The aim of the French flotilla, which included a second vessel called the Croissant, with François Martin on board, was to explore the maritime route to the East Indies. The Corbin, however, was wrecked near the Maldives. Pyrard spent five years on those islands before being captured by the Portuguese. After spending two years in Goa, he was forced to enlist and carry out an expedition which took him to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to Bengal, to the Malay Archepelago and to the Moluccas (now Maluku Islands), before returning to Portugal. In his narrative, Pyrard most notably paints an anthropological portrait of Indian society, with its Hindu customs, the establishment of Mughal rule and the growing presence of Europeans in these regions. As a consequence, he provides important information on the political, religious and trading lives of the Portuguese, as well as those of the indigenous peoples. Pyrard’s work reproduces the typical literary characteristics of the travel narrative of the period with its tripartite structure of departure (including a storm and a shipwreck), period of residence and return. It presents itself as a series of anecdotes that describe both the people and the landscapes discovered, as well as the traveller’s impressions.
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Originaire de Laval, François Pyrard embarque sur le Corbin en 1601. L’escadre française, comprenant un deuxième vaisseau le Croissant avec François Martin à bord, a pour objectif de se familiariser avec la route maritime des Indes orientales. Cependant, le Corbin fait naufrage près des Maldives. Pyrard y séjourne durant cinq années avant de se faire capturer par les Portugais. Après avoir passé deux ans à Goa, il est contraint de s’enrôler comme soldat pour mener à bien une expédition qui le mènera à Ceylan, au Bengale, en Insulinde et aux Moluques avant de prendre le chemin du retour vers le Portugal. Au cours de son récit, Pyrard dépeint notamment un portrait anthropologique de la civilisation indienne avec ses coutumes hindoues, la mise en place de l’islamisation et la présence grandissante des européens sur le territoire. Il donne donc d’importantes informations sur la situation politique, religieuse et commerciale des Portugais mais aussi des autochtones. Répondant aux caractéristiques littéraires du récit de voyage, avec entre autre la structure ternaire : départ (avec tempête et naufrage), séjour et retour, l’œuvre de Pyrard se présente comme une succession d’anecdotes décrivant à la fois le peuple et le milieu découverts mais aussi ses impressions de voyageur.
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This short text is the story told by the Bishop of Cochin about a man from the port de Vengalarauge who was aged 380 years. There is some discussion about longevity around the la Ganga and a place called Regora. The full title of the text is a resumé of the story.

This book about the origins of languages is written in French and Latin. There are 2 main sections referring to Inde, the first being “Des Chrestiens Indiens Orientaux” (614-625p) and then “De la Region de l’Inde Orientale” (876-900) which includes a table of the Indian alphabet, 885p. In both sections, as well as discussion of the different languages, there are also mentions of the geography of the area with the mention of towns etc such as Calecut, Malabar, Canaonor, Goa, Narsinga, Cochin, Coromandel, Decan. There are other references to place in Inde in the text.

The majority of this book centres on Chine. However, there are a number of chapters towards the end which describe other royaumes in the Indes Orientales. Chapter XXIII (p. 373) is about Gange; Chapter XXIII (p. 376), Royaume de Coromandel including Calamine and Bisnague; Chapter XXV (p. 380), Goa, Cochin, Coulan; Chapter XXVI (p. 384), Cananor, Calicut, Mangalor and then Ormus and the Red Sea (p. 386).

The text was reviewed as a hard copy at the BL, but a digital copy is now available online. This text is part of a collection of letters and writings about the Catholic Church. The book has no continuous page numbering. This reference refers to a section approximately 2/3 through the book (numbered in pencil as 19) and the relevant section about India is on pp. 17-40. This section is a collection of letters translated from Portuguese into French and sent from Goa in 1608/9 about the church in that part of India.

This seems to be an imaginary country. Indes is used as in “La mer des Indes”. There is one section on religion which mentions Indes Orientales and Sainct Thomas having “sa sepultre à Malipur, sur le bord du goulphe de Bengela” and Braquemans, 198p.

There are multiple printings of this book. The reference quoted is the 1617 edition.
The initial chapters are ordered by states. Hence, the first chapter is about France and the second on the Monarchy of Spain (p. 132), which includes Indes. From p. 212 there are sections on the Coste de Malabar, Cochin and Goa (pp. 217-243). Later in the book there are sections on le Grand Mogor (p. 907), le Roy de Calicut (p. 915) and le Roy de Narsinge (p. 923). Inde is mentioned multiple times in the section on des Roys de Perse (p. 957).

This book is divided into 4 separate parts with each part having separate page numbering. The 1st part is divided into 2 livres:
Livre I, 1-304p, is “Histoire des drogues, espiceries et medicaments simples”. There are a number of drogues etc that mention places in India, such as; Santal, 109p, Goa, Couchin, Decan, Guzarate; Casse Laxative, 190p, Goa, Malavar, Canara, Deca; Amome, 197p, Goa; Calamus, 205p, Goa, Guzarare, Balagate; Zerumbet, 266p, Guzarate, Decan, Canara, Calecut, Malavar.
Livre II, 305-384p, is “Histoire de quelques plantes de Indes”.
This section includes the index for Livres I and II. Inde and places in Inde and their relevant plants are mentioned multiple times.
2nd part, 1-109p, “Histoire du Balme, Livre Quatriesme”, does not seem to mention Inde.
3rd part, 1-268p, “Histoire de simples medicaments apportés de l’Amerique.” does not mention Inde.
4th part, 1-181p, “Traicté de Christophle de la Coste…des drogues & medicamens qui naissent aux Indes”. This section is about Indes Orientales, and mentions Malabar, Goa, Cochin, Cranganor, Canarin, Decan, Guzarate, Brachmames etc and the drugs, medicinal plants and animals associated with these places.

These 4 volumes refer extensivley to Inde and Indes and the drugs and spices found there. There are many references to Malabar and Goa.

The 1620 tome is the combined volumes 1 and 2 of the 1606 edition called Histoires admirable et memorables etc. and has continous page numbering. It is listed in Goldsmith alongside the 1614 tome which includes volumes 3 and 4, completing the 4 volume set.
Although there are numerous references to Indes in the book a number of these are for Occidentales or unspecified. There are numerous references to Goa (pp. 569-572 and p. 736), as well as Goa and Cochim (pp. 901-915). No other places in Inde are mentioned.
There are only a few references to Indes in volumes 3 and 4, mainly referring to Indes Occidentales and to the term “les deux Indes”. There is one reference to a ship leaving Lisbonne in 1579 for Indes Orientales (p. 74). No places in Inde are mentioned.

Inde per se is not mentioned in this book, however there are references to places in Inde such as; Roy de Malabar, 867p; Province de Malabar, 1374p; religious references to Goa, Cananor and Cochin, 1360-1p; Coromandel, Guzarate and Malabar, 9p; Ganges, 618p, 358p.

Nonnus or Nonos of Panopolis was a Greek poet from the birthplace of Pan in Egypt who probably lived from the end of the 4th to the middle of the 5th century CE. He composed the the forty-eight books of the Dionysiaca between 450 and 470. This text was translated several times, notably by Claude Boitet de Frauville in 1625 and by Count Marcellus who declared in his 1856 preface that it ‘should be considered as a great mythological storehouse’. Indeed, this epic presents the glorious exploits of Bacchus who, following his father Jupiter’s bidding, vanquishes  so-called Indian barbarians in the guise of an conquering and civilizing ruler. If places such as the Eritrean Sea, the Nile, the Jhelum river or Ethiopia are mentioned and if India is not represented in its plurality of cultures, it is nonetheless a part of the theatre in which the battles take place and the scene in which the full power of the Greek gods is deployed. It can be seen that the author has recourse to the imaginary, that the country transports him and that he uses it as an instrument of fiction. In the context of the increasing dominance of Christianity, this work can be considered as a transposition of Greek reality in epic form towards the South and the East. Moreover the fact that Bacchus is mentioned as the ‘conqueror of India’ in Furetière’s 1727 dictionary entry on India demonstrates that this myth affected empirical discourse.
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Nonnus de Panopolis ou Nonos de Panopolis est un poète grec né à Panopolis, la ville de Pan, en Egypte et qui aurait vécu entre la fin du IVͤ siècle et le milieu du Vͤ siècle. Il a composé Les Dionysiaques entre 450 et 470 comme un poème de quarante-huit chants. Ce texte a connu plusieurs traductions, notamment par Claude Boitet de Frauville en 1625 et par le comte de Marcellus qui déclare dans sa préface en 1856 : « Les  Dionysiaques doivent être considérées comme un grand magasin mythologique […] ». En effet, cette épopée présente la gloire de Bacchus qui, en dieu civilisateur et conquérant, terrasse surtout la «barbarie» indienne sur l’instance de son père Jupiter. Si les lieux comme la mer d’Erythrée, le Nil, la rivière de Jhelum  ou l’Ethiopie sont mentionnés et si l’Inde n’est pas envisagée dans son interculturalité, elle fait néanmoins partie de l’espace où se déroulent les affrontements et où se met en place la pleine puissance des dieux Grecs. On voit donc que l’auteur se sert de l’imaginaire, que le pays transporte et qu’il s’en sert comme d’un instrument de fiction. Cette œuvre peut être envisagée comme la transposition épique vers le sud et l’est d’une réalité grecque, soumise à l’emprise grandissante du christianisme. En outre, le fait que Furetière mentionne Bacchus comme ‘vainqueur de l’Inde’ dans son dictionnaire de 1727 montre que ce mythe a des effets dans le reel.
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This long book seems to be a novel about Pantagath in les Indes with places and people mentioned such as Lahor, Goa, le Prince de Malabar, le Prince Zamorin, le Grand Mogor. No dates are mentioned.

Volume 1 of this book (pp. 1-502) concerns Congo, Angola and Mozambique, Ethopie and Brasil.
Volume 2 (pp. 503-977) includes the Royaume d’Ormuz (pp. 505-598); l’Empire du Grand Mogor (pp. 599-695); and the Royaume de la Chine (pp. 695-977).
The chapters concerning le Grand Mogor concentrate on the religious missions to and from Goa to the court. Other places mentioned include Cambaya ou Guzarate (p. 647).

Scanned copies of the original book do not seem to be available on Google Books, however the link is for a PDF of a transcribed copy of the original.
This novel seems to be a love story set in Inde. There are references to Inde and places in Inde throughout the book; these include Goa, Gange, Decan, Mangalor, Narsinghe, Bisnagar, Malabar, Baticale.
This book is also available as a free Kindle edition from Amazon.

This overland voyage seems to have gone via Alep, Babylone, Perse, Espan, Ormous. From 85p the voyage enters the Royaume du Grand Mogor, and discusses Cambaye and Sourate, Diou, Calicul (119p), Cannenor (123p), Bombasse (127p), Cochin (134p), Zeilan (139p), and then reaches Moloques on 146p and onto Maquau (154p) and Chine. The return journey from Canton to Macan and Pegou starts on 177p and goes via Camboge and Sion. From Sion the writer takes a Portuguese ship to Couchin and then overland to Bisnegat (182p), and then Goa to take a ship to Mosambicq and then back to Lisbonne. The voyage seemed to take 4 years, however it is not clear when it took place as no dates are mentioned.

This text is part of a book called Voyages DOU 1607 which also contains Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales and Histoire Universelle des Indes Orientales.
The page numbering in this reference is not continuous and seems to be out of order. However the first 11 numbered pages describe aspects of navigation including to the Indes Orientales. After that the pages feature a navigation table with text on the opposite page.
The text of the voyage now starts on p. 3 with the ship leaving Dieppe on 2 October 1619. By 15 February 1620 they are near Tristan de Cogne and by 16 May in Madagascar and heading towards the Red Sea. They get the first signs of the coast of Goa on 20 September 1620. They then continue down the Malabar coast (p. 11) and around Cap de Comory. The next dates listed are 1 February 1622 in Sumatra after nearly one year at Achin, 20 April 1622 when nearing the Cape of Good Hope, 6 July 1622 reaching Ascension Isle and 3 November 1622 when they arrive at the Lizard. It does not seem that the voyage stopped in Inde.

This book is divided into 3 parts, with each part having separate page numbering.
Part 1, 492p, is the relation of the voyage to Tarterie and does not mention Inde.
Part 2, 252p, is a tract about the Tartares, the people and their origins, but includes discussion of the spice trade and includes rivers, 155-164p, and places in Inde, 180p.
Part 3, 127p, is a history of the Sarasins and this has a section on the mores of “Mahometas es Indes Orientales”, 110p, which mentions places such as Malabar, Coromandel etc. and on 111-13p discusses l’Inde vers Decan and Deli etc.

There are multiple editions of this atlas from 1633 onwards which seem to be collector’s items and are not available online. The 2 volumes are in large format, approximately 50cm x 33cm. There is no page or chapter numbering.
Atlas I – At the start of the atlas there is a section on Asia with a map which includes Inde. There is a general description of Asia and how is it divided, including a description of its rivers including le Gange. The rest of this volume describes France and other countries in Europe.
Atlas II – continues with Europe but at about 3/4 of the way through the book there is a chapter on Chine and Japon and after that “Les Indes”. There are 3 pages in total for Les Indes with 2 pages of text and a map of “India Orientalis” in between – this includes Inde and is marked with many towns and cities in Inde. The text on page 1 of Les Indes commences with the “Bornes” and “Division” and then goes onto describe “Royaumes” including that of the Grand Mogol, followed by Cambaja, Decam, Goa and Malabar. Page 2 of the text continues with Marsingue, S. Thomas, Orixa, Bengala and then onto Aracum & Pegu and Siam. The following chapter is “Les Isles des Indes” which includes Les Maldives, Zeylon, Sumatra etc.

This is a french account of Drake’s voyage around the World, by F. de Louvencourt, which left Plymouth on 15 November 1577. The voyage went via South America and Tierre del Fuego then up the East coast of America before crossing the Pacific to the Moloques and then onto le Cap de Bonne Esperance and back to England on 3 November 1580. He did not stop in Inde. The account of this voyage stops on 82p. The second part of the book commences on 83p and discusses a voyage up the east coast of Africa as well as the Golfe de Persique and Malabar, 124p. There then follows discussion on Calicut, Zamorin, Bramins, Narsinge (141p), Coromandel, Bengale (152p), Cambaye and leaving the Empire du grand Mogor for Pegu and Siam on 153p. The rest of the book discusses Europe. It is not clear who made this “voyage” as there is no evidence that is was Drake and no dates are given.

This first part of this book book was translated from Portugese to Italian in Rome and then to French by François Lahier. It concentrates on the missions in the Far East such as Macao, Tunquin, Cochinchine etc. The second part is titled the Relation des missions de la province de Malabar and was written in Italian by François Barretto, procureur de cette province à Rome, and translated into French by François Lahier. There is a separate front piece for this part (pp. 185-308) which includes the missions of Cochin, Calecut, Travancor, Cranganor, Coulan etc but also has sections on the missions on the East coast of Inde; cote de la Pécherie, Maduré, Ceilam, Gesanapatan, Gioromandel, up to Bengal.

The voyage left Zelande on 29 Juin 1630 and reached the Cap de Bonne-Esperance by 15 Octobre before going on to Sumatra and Batavia by Février 1631. They eventually went on to Formose by Aoust 1631 and then Jappon in 1633. The return voyage started in Septembre 1634, arriving at Surate (p. 75) where they stayed until they left for Perse on 29 janvier 1635 (p. 85). They spent some time in Perse before going to Cananor on the Malabar coast, arrivng there on 3 Novembre 1635, and then to Monteli or Montdelli (p. 101). There was a conflict and they ended up in Samori within the realm of the Roy de Calicut. They left Montely on 1 Décembre 1635 and headed to Surate and then on to Cameron and back again after trading goods. They continued down the coast passing Goa, Cananor, Calecut, Samori and Cochin and headed to Batavia and arriving there on 22 May 1636 (p. 110). The rest of the book describes hydographie, but is not related to Inde.

The first part of this book, although described as the Privince du Iapon, includes references to Tunquim, Cochinchine, Hainam, Siam, Giangoma, Cambogia and Laïs. Part 2, which the Province of Malabar, commences on p. 186 and continues until the end of the book (p. 314). It encompasses sections on the Royaumes of Bisnaga, Malabar (ou Meliapor), Cochin, Tabor, Calecut (ou du Zamorin), Muserte, Travancor, Coste de la Pescherie, Cap de Comorin, Maduré, Ceilam, Candie, Jesanapatam, Manar, Giomandel, Narsingue, Bengala, Tibet, Puissant, Pegu, Mamaca, Macassa, Sumatra and the Moluques.

This book, although divided into 6 livres, has continuous page numbering. However, each livre has separate chapter numbering. Many countries and places in the world are mentioned. Inde and places in Inde are found in Livre 5: Chapter 7 (p. 461) De l’Inde selon les Anciens; a brief description de l’Inde de ces derniers temps (Chapter 8, p. 465); Des pays & Royaumes de Cambaia, Narsinga, Malabar & Orixa (Chapter 9, p. 468); Des Royaumes de Bengala, Pegu, Sian & Camboia, comme ausi de l’Inde Septentrionale (Chapter 10, p. 471); finishing with Des Isles de la mer Indienne (Chapter 11, p. 473).

This 5 act play is set in Alexander’s camp on the banks of the river Hydaspe. Porus is Roy des Indes and his wife, Argire, and 2 daughters, Oraxene and Clairance, are Alexander’s prisioners. Other characters include Arsacide who is Prince des Indes.

This book is a description of the various religious missions in India and the Far East. The Indian Missions include Mogor, Sirinigar, Canara, Salfette, various isles adjacent to Goa, as well as around Goa, Malabar, Cranganor, Cochin, Colam, Travancore, Parauas, Maduré, Tricipilipali, Ceilan plus others on the way to Malacca and Batavia and then Japan and China.

This book describes the travels to the Inde Oriental. The description of India starts in Chapter 13 (pp. 114-146). Subsequent chapters describe the coast of India including Cochin, Surrat and particularly Goa. There are subsequent chapters on l’Ocean Oriental de Indes, le Ganges et l’Indus. There are some chapters on “Roys” and “Roys des Indes Orientales”, notably Chapter 17 (p. 252). Other chapters discuss the Portuguese and Christians in Inde and on p. 328, there is a chapter on “des Mahometans Indiens”. Further chapters describe the animals, fish and trees of Inde. Towards the end of the book there are chapters on the missions in Inde and les terres du Grand Mogor. The chapters referring to India are interspersed with chapters from other eastern areas such as Syria and Persia.

This Google Books link is for an edition printed by Gervais Clousier in 1653. The book is in 3 volumes. The text indicates that the voyage started from Paris, although it is not clear when, and proceeded via Rome, Turkey and eventually Persia and Ormous. They then sailed from Perse to Guserat (p. 120) and then Sourat. There is discussion of the court of the Grand Mogol, as well as religion and the citizens of Inde which includes a description of the caste system. There are a number of illustrations of the people of Inde. The voyage went from Sourat to Goa via Bombain. There is much discussion of the Portuguese in Inde. The voyage continued from Goa to Rajapour. There are chapters dedicated to the animals and plants of Inde. On 1 Mars 1649 they embarked on an English vessel to Souali and Congue (p. 268) and Bassara and then went via the Middle East again for the return to Europe.

The reference and URL is for the same book as listed in Goldsmith, but a different printer, which is listed in the BL main catalogue. The first articles of this book relate to the eastern mediteranean and then continues in an easterly direction to Perse and then Inde Orientale, Article XII, 259p. This article is divided into sections; Section I, Du Royaume de Cambaye, 266p; Section II, Du Royaume de Narsingua, 270p; Section III, Du Pais de Malabar, 272p etc continuing with Orixa, Bengala, Pegu and Siam, 278p. Des Estats du Grand Mogol, 283p, is followed by the Royaumes of Sinde, 289p; Agra, 290p; Lahor ou Multon, 291p; Delly, 292p; Caximir, 293p; Kabul, 294p; Puttans, 295p. The list of Royaumes continues and reaches Bisnagar, 304p; Canara, 307p; Choromandel, 311p; Tanaior, 315p; Madure, 317p and Manar, 321p. The description of Chine and other countries further east commences on 323p.

This book has sections on the continents and their countries. The first section is on Asie, 6p, with Pegu and Bengala on 20-21p and Inde 24-31p, “La coste du continent que est par de la le Gange” which includes Indostan, Orissa, Narsinga, Bisnagar, Malabar, Cochin, Goa, Guzarate, Cananor, Decan, Mogor etc. There then follows the Isles de la Coste.

There are a number of editions of this book in the British Library dating from between 1648-1658. The Google Books link and description is for the 1658 edition. The book is divided into 3 parts without continuous page numbering: Part 1 – The East (p. 212); Part 2 – Africa (p. 136); and Part 3 – The West (p. 112).
This book is a tale of the voyages of the author from the age of 12 to 60! It is not clear if the travels were real or imagined, however there are many references to Inde in Part 1 of the book mainly from Chapters 14-22 (pp. 45-98). These references relate to Malabar, Deli, Goa, Baticala, Decan, Cananor, Calicut, Cochin, Bisnagar, Meliapur, Coromandel and Bangal.

This is a list of towns, cities and chateaux etc of the world which are arranged in alphabetical order. Many of the places in Inde are listed with their approximate location, e.g. Goa, Surate, Delly, Mangalor, Malabar, Cochim, Coromandel, Manacor, Visapor etc plus many more. There are only 2 to 3 lines of text per place.

The first part of this book is the voyage of Jesuits priests on board 4 vessels which left Lisbon on 22 March 1655 for the Far East via Goa. The voyage was eventful and they reached Goa on 20 August 1655 (p. 69). The next 2 chapters (Chapters 6 and 7) concern their stay in Goa (pp. 69-86). Chapter 8 is about the odd things seen on the voyage and Chapter 9 is the tale of some missionaries going overland via Syria and the middle east and ending up in Surate (p. 108) before voyaging to Goa in October 1654. Chapters 10 (p. 110) to 13 are about the missionaries arriving in Goa and what they found there. Chapter 14 (p. 139) is about the missionaries leaving Goa for Macao in November 1654. Chapters 15 to 19 are news of the missions in Macao and China. Chapter 20 (p. 204) is about the voyage of the French priest François Clement to China in 1657 and what he learnt in Goa.

This series has 7 volumes.
Volume 1. The first chapters are a description of a possible voyage around countries of the world commencing and finishing at Dieppe. The voyage reaches Perse and Ormus in Chapter X, 32p, and describes the coasts towards Inde. Chapter XI, 33p, describes the west coast of India including Goa and Malabar. Chapter XII, 37p, is the Isles Maldives & de Ceilan, with XIII, 39-43p, being the east coast of India and includes Cap de Comorin, Costes de la pecherie de Narsingue, Golconda, Bengala, Pegu etc. The rest of the book considers other general aspects of the world such as tides, minerals and also celestial bodies.
Volume 2 is “Description Generale de l’Asie premiere partie du monde”, 1059pp. This book commences with the eastern mediteranean and then goes onto Perse. The Inde Orientale general introduction commences on 568-625p. This is followed by Estats du Grand Mogol, 626-671p and incudes Royaume de Lahor, 647p; Royaume d’Agra, 648p etc.; Estats du Roy de Bisnagar, 672-693p; Malabar, 693-711p; Estats du Roy de Calecut, 711-720p; Roy de Cochin, 720-726p; the next sections are other royaumes in Inde, 726-743p. Then follows Pegu, Sian, Chine, Japon with the Isle de Ceylan, 860p. The final sections of this book are the colonies of european countries in Asia, starting with “Estats du Roy de Portugal en Asie”, 912-971p, and this includes Cambaye, Daman, Manora, Goa 919-947p, Canara, Mangalor, Cananor, Cochin, Coromandel, Meliapor, Bencala, coste de la pescherie.
Volume 3 is “Description Generale de l’Afrique seconde partie du monde”, 668pp. This book concentrates on Africa. Goa is mentioned as a destination a number of times and Inde mentioned as fruits etc such as figues d’Inde or noix d’Inde.
Volume 4 is “Description Generale de l’Ameriqe troisieme partie du monde”, 249pp. This book is about America. Inde and places in Inde are not mentioned.
Volume 5 is “Description Generale de l’Europe quatriesme partie du monde, Tome 1”, 1015pp. This book concentrates on Espagne, Portugal, Grand Bretagne, Pays-Bas, Suisse, Irelande, Alemagne and Hongrie. The main references to Inde and places in Inde, such as Goa, Cochin, Malabar, Coromandel etc can be found on 201-2p, which is in the section on Portugal, 184-235p.
Volume 6 is “Description Generale de l’Europe quatriesme partie du monde”, Tome 2, 818pp. This book concentrates on France. Inde and places in Inde are not mentioned. Indes is used in general terms.
Volume 7 is “Description Generale de l’Europe quatriesme partie du monde”, Tome 3, 1275pp. This book concentrates on Italie, Pologne, Danemark, Moscovie, Turc and Grece. Inde is only used in association with coqs d’Inde and Indes in general terms. No places in Inde are mentioned.

In the British Library catalogue this is described as a volume of plates engraved by Baltasar Moncornet and shows 32 women in their local costumes. The last engraving is of “Femme Indienne allant par la Ville”.

This book is about Southern India. It mentions Malabar, Maduré and a number of cities in what is now Tamil Nadu e.g. Tangeor (Tanjore), Tricierapelli (Tiruchirappalli). The book chronicles the last 4 years (1656-59) of the 20 years spent in missionary work by P. Hiacinthe de Magistris when he left for Europe in October 1659.

Volume 1. Paris: Langlois, 1663, 397 pp. This book is a collection of short works about various voyages to overseas territories some of which have been translated into French and some are still in their original language. The book does not have continuous page numbering, so each chapter/ section is numbered from its start.
The first section is on the pyramids of Egypt. The second section is about Tartares. The first main section on India starts around p. 139 within the book entitled Relation de la cour du Mogol par le capitaine Hawkins. This is followed by Memoires de Thomas Rhoe ambassedeur du Roy d’Angleterre aupres du Mogol, then Voyage de Edoüard Terri aux Indes Orientales. The next section is in Greek and the one after that relates to Description des animaux et de plantes des Indes. Later there is a section on Relation des royaumes de Golconda, Tannassery, Pegu, Arecan etc.. On p. 157 there is a chapter entitled Journal de Pierre Will Floris – son voyage à Patane & à Siam. This voyage seems to have gone via Ceylon and the East coat of India via Petapoli and Golfe de Bengale. The final section on p. 235 is a Routier pour la navigation des Indes Orientales – in essence describing various routes to the Far East.

Volume 2. Paris: SEBASTIEN CRAMOISY, 1664, 365pp. This volume like the first volume, is made up of translations of other works and does not have continuous page numbering. The first few chapter discuss Dutch and Portuguese commerce in the Indes Orientales and includes various towns on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts. This is followed by an expanded chapter “Routier pour la navigation des Indes Orientales” – in essence describing various routes to the Far East (62pages) including Goa and Cochin. The following chapter is “Voyages de Gen Beaulieu aux Indes Orientales”, however whilst there is discussion of the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and passing Cap Coromin, it does not seem that he landed in India on his way to Ticou, Achen and Sumatra (137pages). The next few chapters are “Relation des Isles Philipines” followed by “Relation de l’Empire du Japon” and then “Relation de la Chine”.

Volumes 3 and 4. Part 3 – the first chapters concern the Dutch ambassadors to China and specifically to Pekin. One chapter discusses the route to Pekin, however all the places described are in China. There is a chapter on the geography of China and its 15 provinces (up to 216p). The following chapter is a report by the directors of the Dutch East Indes Company which includes Coromandel (222p), Bengale, Oriza, Cochin (223p), Surate (224p). Part 4 starts on 229p and early chapters concern South America, including the river Plate and Perou. There are later chapter about a voyage to China in italian and latin, followed by “Voyage de P Greuber” in which he discusses a french merchant called M Tavernier, who travelled in India (130p). Later there are chapters on Ethopia, Abyssins, des sources du Nil, Sayd and Mexico.

This book about Alexender’s wars mentions Gange and Indes. Gange is mentioned in the epistre as well as a section, which includes Indes, where Alexander arrives at the Indus, 160-164p. On 343p, there is a definition of Indes and its borders. The description of Alexanders route to Indes starts on 145p. Other references to Indes are on 182, 204, 220 and 309p. Inde is mentioned on 260 and 264p.

This book discusses the articles and conditions etc for the Compagnie de Indes Orientales. Inde and places in Inde are not mentioned.

This book discusses the establishment of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales in particular with reference to the other countries involved in the orient. Inde is not mentioned per se; however on 15p a director of the company set up a residence in Surat; on 34p, there is mention of ships “d’aller trafiquer dans le golfe de Bengale, sur les costes de Coromandel &des Malabares; à Zeylon, à Surat, …”; siege de Cochin, 24p; le grand Mogol, 14 and 27p.

This book is in 2 parts which are not continuously numbered. The book describes the coasts of the world and the section on Inde is in Part 1 from pp. 99-133 (also including the Maldives and Ceilan). This section describes the major ports, including Surate, Goa, Cochin, as well as Malabar, Cap de Commorin, and Coromandel up as far as Bengal. There is a section on la mer des Indes (Part 1, p. 245).

The second volume, like the first (from 1663), is made up of translations of other works and does not have continuous page numbering.
The first few chapters discuss Dutch and Portuguese commerce in the Indes Orientales and include descriptions of various towns on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts. This is followed by an expanded chapter Routier pour la navigation des Indes Orientales – in essence describing various routes to the Far East, including to Goa and Cochin. The following chapter is Voyages de Gen Beaulieu aux Indes Orientales. While there is discussion of the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and passing Cap Coromin, it does not seem that he landed in India on his way to Ticou, Achen and Sumatra. The volume then continues with Relation des Isles Philipines, followed by Relation de l’Empire du Japon and then Relation de la Chine.

The first part of this book, 1-98p, is about precious stones and metals and the places they can be found, which includes places in Inde. The second part, 99-180p, is an alphabetic listing, with some description, of places mentioned that have some relevance to the first section and includes Bengale, 117p; Candahar, 121p; Colconda, 125p; Comorin, 127p; Gange, 133p; Goa, 136p; Indes Orientales, 143p; Lahor, 146p; Malabar, 148p; Masselipatan, 152p; Patena, 161p; Raoiconda, 172p; Surat, 179p and Visapour, 180p.

The first 14 pages of the book are written in German and Latin. 15p onwards are parallel texts in French and German on the same page. After 15p the next section has new numbering,1-98p and is the French text for the second Compagnie des Indes Orientales 1664 reference above with the German translation. The last section has new page numbering, 1-38p, and is the French text for the first Compagnie des Indes Orientales 1664 reference above with the German translation.

This book is divided into 2 parts with separate page numbering. Part 1: 390 pp. and Part 2: 316pp.
This is a history of the discovery of countries outside Europe by the Portuguese. The first 17 chapters are centred mainly on Africa. Chapter 18 mentions India and its rivers. However, it is not until Chapter 24 and Gamma that Malabar, the Zamorin of Calecut becomes the main focus of the text until the end Chapter 29 which is the end of the Part 1. Goa and Cochin are mentioned throughout the remaining parts of the book.

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NIEUHOF, Johannes, L’Ambassade de la Compagnie orientale des Provinces Unies vers l’empereur de la Chine, ou grand cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, et Jacob de Keyser, 2 vols, Leiden: de Meurs, 1665, 530 pp.
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The book is divided into 2 parts with separate page numbering. The first part (308 pp.) is a summary of the known world at that time. In Chapter VII (p. 29), there is a summary of how Asia was divided; it included India, the Empire of the Grand Mogul and the area outside. It also mentions the 3 rivers of “l’Inde”, being l’Inde, le Gange and le Mecon. However the majority of the book concerns the Dutch ambassador’s travels in China. Part 2 (137 pp.) is particularly concerned with the social mores of China.
The version on Google Books has 445 pp.

The voyage of Jacques de Bourges commenced in Paris on 18/07/1660 and went via Marseille traversing Persia to Ormus and then by ship to Surate, 98p. They stayed in Surate for some time and left on 21/01/1662 by “chariots du pays”, 108-113p, to cross “l’Empire du Mogol” and arrived on 06/03/1662 at Masulpatan. The places passed through include Oletabal, Noringabal, Golconde. Chapter VII, 114-120p, describes their 20 day stay in Masulpatan and they left on ” un Vaisseau More”, 121p, on 26/03/1662. They arrived at “port de Merigui” on 28/04/1662. and then onto the capital of Siam, where he stayed for 1 year. He commenced his return from Siam, 221p and left Ayudha, Siam on 14/10/1663 and arrived a Massulapatan on 06/01/1664 and were off the Cape of Good Hope by 7 April and arrived at London on 20/07/1664 and left for Paris on 06/08/1664 or 1665.

This book mainly concerns the establishment of the company in Madagascar. Inde is not mentioned and there are no references to Goa. The only references to places in Inde are Coromandel, Malabares and Surat on 162p and le siege de Cochin, 150p.

This book is listed in the BL main catalogue, but does not seem to be in Goldsmith. The book is the history, geography and moeurs of the people of Tunquin and Lao. There are references to Inde in a section, 189p, on different sects and how they were introduced into Tunquin – the most relevant pages being 193-196p. On 194p, mention is made of Royaumes de l’Inde, de Bengala as well as Sinde and Cambaye, Royaumes de Narlinga, Canaram, Idalcam and Malavar.

This is a text about comparing sheep, goats and cows from different places. Les vaches indiennes, les brebis indiennes et les chèvres indiennes are mentioned throughout the text and discussed in the context of milk production, ability to thrive on poor pasture etc.
The full name of the publisher is veuve Denis Langlois.

This book is mainly about Europe with no mention of “Inde”. However there are references to places in Inde; Goa and “la religion Romaine”, 132p, commerce and “le villes de Goa, de Daman & de Diu..”, 374p; Coromandel including Mogol, Malavar, Roys de Visapour & de Colconda, 123-4p, and 503p; Mogor, 184p; Gange, 59p, 62p, 124p, 375p, 480p. Indes is used 5 times in a general sense 4p, 59p, 221p, 340p and 520p.

This book is in 3 parts without continuous page numbering. There are a number references to Indes in the book about the flow of rivers and tides. These are mainly in Part 1 around p. 93, where Goa and Cochin are mentioned.

Part 1, 658pp. There are no maps in this part however countries are described and the section “de l’Inde” commences on 276p and has further sections on “De l’empire du Mogol” 277p, “De la presqu’Isle de l’Inde deça le Gange” 290p and “De la presqu’Isle de l’Inde delà le Gange” 301p. Inde is described and places mentioned include Surate, Cabul, Candahar, Decan, Goa, Malabar, Maduré, Calicut, Zamorin, Cochim, Travancor, Cranganor, Coromandel, Meliapor, Narsingue, Bishagar, Golconda.

Part 2. The link is for the 1663 printing and the only part of the book that has been scanned starts on 169p, however the index at the back shows that the sections on Inde, which are present, are named as in part 1 hence “de l’Inde” commences on 186p and has further sections on “De l’empire du Mogol” with a map 190p, “De la presqu’Isle de l’Inde deça le Gange” with a map 196p and “De la presqu’Isle de l’Inde delà le Gange” with a map 200p. The text is similar to part 1.

This book documents the lives of the Kings of Portugal, commencing with Henry I (p. 47). By p. 274 we reach Emanuel and the discovery of Les Indes by Vasco Gama (p. 284). Thereafter there are many mentions of Inde and places in Inde. The voyages of the Portugese discuss the Malabar coast, relations with the Roys de Cochin, Coulan, Cananor and Zamorin. This is interspersed with news from other conquests around the world. No dates are mentioned.

This book is a description of Brahmins, their religion and moeurs and is centred on those encountered on the Coromandel coast.

This book has a map of the empire before page 1. Agra, Gange , Benares, Guzarate, Decan, Golkonda are mentioned throughout the book.

Inde is mentioned 3 times; Roy de l’Inde, 3p; du costé de la Turquie & de l’Inde, 302p; and with reference to Kachmir and Kand-dar, 402p. Kand-dar is mentioned 5 times, 399-411p. No other place in Inde are mentioned.

This book refers to the many miracles of St Francis which occurred in Inde as well as other places in Indes. There are many references to places in Inde throughout the book including Goa, Cochin, Travancor etc.

Being a collection of texts this book does not have continuous page numbering. Pages referenced are for the scanned page number, which is continuous. As the title inplies this collection is about Africa and America, however there is one reference to Goa and Cananare, 343p, and a number of references to le Gange, which is included in lists of major rivers. Inde as a country is not mentioned.

The opening chapters describe the journey to Siam by various groups of bishops. In Chapter 5 one group stop en route and describe the Isle de Bourbon before going on to Madagascar, then Surate (pp. 34-36) before going on to Siam. Another group of bishops travel via Mozambique and then to Surate. Chapter 9 is a description of Surate and the country (p. 53).It describes the Mogols as masters of the country. The book then notes (p. 61) that “après cette longue digression” it returns to the subject of Siam and there is little mention of India after that as the book concentrates on Siam, Camboy, Cochinchine and Tonkin.

The books opening chapters describe the journey to Siam by various groups of bishops. In Chapter V one group stopped and described the Isle de Bourbon before going to Madagascar, then Surate (p34-36) before and Siam. Another group went via Mozambique and then to Surate. Chapter IX is a description of Surate and the country (p53). It describes the Mogols as masters of the country. The book then notes (p61) that “après cette longue digression” it returns to the subject of Siam and there is little mention of India after that as the book concentrates on Siam, Camboy, Cochinchine and Tonkin.

This is a book on lexiography. The book is about geography of the world and on 195-98p is a section on Inde, and 145p is a list names of towns. Goa is mentioned in its important religious context, 141p.

There are multiple printings of this book. The British Library references the 3 volume 1676 edition and the 6 volume 1724 edition.
Voluume 1 discusses the religions of the countries of Europe. Inde is not mentioned.
Volume 2 discusses the religions of Russia, the Middle East including Turkey, Perse and the Tartares. Indes is mentioned 4 times in general terms.
Volume 3 refers to the religions of the Indes Orientales and Occidentales. The first chapters concern Chine, Lao and Corée. The chapter on La Religion des Etats du Grand Mogol starts on p. 114, followed by la religion des Indes (p. 125) and then Goa (p. 145), Golconde (p. 146), Bengal and Arecan (p. 150), Narsinge (p. 152), Calicut (p. 160) and then onto Pegu (p. 166), Malaca, and Siam, Japon and Philippines. The chapters after concern America.

The URL is for the 2 parts of this book. Each part has separate page numbering.
Part 1, 304pp. This is a technical manual about ship building, lists of ships and their tonnage etc, tide tables and navigation. There is a section on “observation des dangers en la mer de Indes Occidentales ou Orientales, dans leur route depuis le Cap Verd”, 228p, which mentions Cambaye and la mer de Bengala, 230p. There are longitude and latitude tables which include Asie and Le Grand Mogol, Decan, Malabar, Goa, Calicut, Coromandel and Gelionde etc., 248 and 249p.
Part 2 has a separate frontpiece. DASSIÉ. C. R. Le routier des Indes Orientales et Occidentales. Paris: JEAN DE LA CAILLE, 1677, 214pp. The book commences with the best season to make a voyage and is followed by the routes for Indes Orientales, 4 to 164p. The first route is from France to le Cap de Bonne Esperance; notable other routes being Mozambique to Goa, 35p; Bonne Esperance to Goa or Cochin, 44p; Montbaza to Goa, 55p; Goa and Cochin to Bonne Esperance, 58-75p. There are other routes to Malaca, Macoa, Japon and Chine. From 165p the book continues with the routes for Indes Occidentales. Towards the end of the book there are sections on “Profondeurs des havres et rades” including “La coste des Indes” which mentions Goa, Mangalor, Cananor etc., 202p.

The voyage left France in March 1671 and arrived at Surate in October of that year (p. 34). The author then goes on to describe Surate, as well as the local kings including the Princes de Malabar. He left Surate in January 1672 for Goa (p. 59) and then describes Goa and the ships found there, as well as the Princes du Samorin and the palace. He then went on to Cananor and the Cap Comorin (p. 93) and then Trinquemale in Ceylon. A battle with Dutch ships took place and he was captured and then seems to have sailed up the East coast of India with the Dutch via Negapatan and then on to Bengala at the mouth of the Ganges. After Bengala he left for Batavia. The author suffered a shipwreck, but was rescued and arrived in Batavia in January 1673 (p. 211). There follows many pages of description of Batavia and the Dutch until he left for Amsterdam on a Dutch fleet in November 1674 via the Cape of Good Hope. After Amsterdam the author travelled back to Paris arriving in France in August 1675. This book may also be referenced under East Indies in Goldsmith.

The funerary practices of the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Turks etc. are set out in individual chapters. There is no separate chapter for India, however in Chapter XI called “Sepultures Ignées” on pp. 127-130 there is a section starting with “Ceux qui se bruloient eux-memes estoient les Indiiens” and goes on to discuss the burning of bodies and mentions “les Bracmanes qui estoient leurs Docteurs” and seems to be about India. There are no other references to India.

The book has 5 parts with continuous page numbering as follows: I, 1-53p; II, 54-125p; III, 126-167p; IV, 186-240p and V, 241-370p. Only parts IV and V are subdivided into chapters. The additional part, 371-567p, is “Nouvelle relation de l’interieur du serrail de grand seigneur” of Constantinople. The multiple references to Inde and places in Inde are therefore concentrated in the first 370p of the book. The places mentioned include Goa 20x, Surate 40x, Mogol 36x, Cochin 8x, Golconda 6x, Gange 11x etc. Chapter XI, 306p, is about Cochin and the siege of Cochin. Book III has a lot of data on trade with Indes including dyes, precious metals, cloth and where it comes from (144p) and the price of goods from 156-164p.