1762 Hanway PERSIA Iran VOYAGES Afghan Revolutions Ottoman Mughal Wars 2v MAPS

1762 Hanway PERSIA Iran VOYAGES Afghan Revolutions Ottoman Mughal Wars 2v MAPS

John Hanway was an 18^th-century British traveler and merchant best known for his voyages to Russia and Persia. This voyage, which took Hanway also to Germany and Holland, allowed him to see the customs of Persian living as well as make observations toward British trade on the Caspian Sea, which happened to become the title of his voyage memoirs.

‘An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea’ discusses some of the following important topics including:

• Persian revolutions and rise of Nadir Jouli
• Jouli’s successor in Adil Shah
• Reign of Sultan Mir Maghmud and Sultan Ashreff
• Hanway’s passage down the Volga, near Moscow
• Dangers and horrors of slavery
• Ambassadors of Russia’s opposition to Gurghin Khan and the Mughal Empire
• Death of Peter the Great of Russia
• Wars of Turks against Afhans – Ottoman-Hotaki War

Item number: #25968

Price: $1500

HANWAY, Jonas

An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea : with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia

London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1762.

Details:

• Collation: 2 volumes
  • I – xxvii, [1], 460, [8]
  • II – xx, 460, [20]
  • 35 engravings
    • 22 full-page and folding engravings and maps
    • 13 vignette engravings
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather
  • Size: ~10.5in X 8.5in (26.5cm x 21.5cm)

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