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GENERAL

HISTORY AND COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:

FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,

BY SEA AND LAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. IX.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.

PART II.--(Continued.)

BOOK III.--(Continued.)

CHAPTERX.--(Continued.)

Early Voyages of the English to India, after the Establishmentof the East India Company SECTION XV. (Continued)--EighthVoyage of the English East-India Company, in 1611, by CaptainJohn Saris

SECTION 5. Further Observations respecting the Moluccas, andthe Completion of the Voyage to Japan

SECTION 6. Arrival at Brando, and some Account of the Habits,Manners, and Customs of the Japanese

SECTION 7. Journey of Captain Saris to the Court of theEmperor, with his Observations there and by the Way

SECTION 8. Occurrences at Firando during the Absence ofCaptain Saris

SECTION 9. Continuation of these Occurrences

SECTION 10. Conclusion of these

SECTION 11. Occurrences at Firando, after the return ofCaptain Saris

SECTION 12. Voyage from Japan to Bantam, and thence toEngland

SECTION I3. Intelligence concerning Yedso or Jesso, receivedfrom a Japanese at Jedo, who had been twice there

SECTION 14. Note of Commodities vendible in Japan

SECTION 15. Supplementary Notices of Occurrences in Japan,after the departure of Captain Saris

SECTION XVI. Ninth Voyage of the East-India Company, in 1612,by Captain Edward Marlow

SECTION XVII. Tenth Voyage of the East-India Company, in 1612,written by Mr Thomas Best, Chief Commander

SECTION 1. Observations during the Voyage from England toSurat

SECTION 2. Transactions with the Subjects of the Mogul, Fightswith the Portuguese, Settlement of a Factory and Departure forAcheen

SECTION 3. Occurrences at Acheen in Sumatra

SECTION 4. Trade at Tecoo and Passaman, with the Voyage toBantam, and thence to England

SECTION XVIII. Observations made during the foregoing Voyage,by Mr Copland, Chaplain, Mr Robert Boner, Master, and Mr NicholasWhittington, Merchant

SECTION 1. Notes extracted from the Journal of Mr Copland,Chaplain of the Voyage

SECTION 2. Notes extracted from the Journal of Mr Robert Boner, whowas Master of the Dragon

SECTION 3. Extract from a Treatise by Mr Nicholas Whittington,who was left as Factor in the Mogul Country by Captain Best,containing some of his Travels and Adventures

SECTION XIX. Eleventh Voyage of the East-India Company, in1612, in the Salomon

SECTION XX. Twelfth Voyage of the East-India Company, in 1613,by Captain Christopher Newport

SECTION 1. Observations at St Augustine, Mohelia, and diversParts of Arabia

SECTION 2. Proceedings on the Coast of Persia, and Treacheryof the Baloches

SECTION 3. Arrival at Diul-ginde, and landing of theAmbassador: Seeking Trade there, are crossed by the slanderousPortuguese: Go to Sumatra and Bantam; and thence to England

CHAPTER XI.

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