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Jones, Sir William, 422

Joseph, Benjamin, 102

Jourdain, John, 40-6, 59, 64, 79-81, 85-9, 90, 92, 114

Jourdain, Sulivan & de Souza, Co.,
see
Madras Association

Kabaena, 36

Kanchipuram, 417

Kandahar, 127

Kanhoji Angrey, 257-64

Kara Sea, 9

Karikal, 275, 287

Karwar, 251, 253-4, 256-7

Kasimbazar, 149, 151-2, 167, 192, 294, 300

Katwa, 317

Keating, Colonel Thomas, 404

Kedah, 357, 360, 429, 444

Kedah, Sultan of, 361, 444-5

Keeling, Captain William, 37, 39, 40, 60, 74-6, 99, 102

Kegwin, Captain Richard, 137-40

Kent,
307, 313-14

Kerala, 410

Khan Dauran, 226-8

Khanderi Island, 261

Khem Sawant, Raja of Wadi, 255

Khwaja Sarhad, 225-9

Kidd, Captain William, 188, 213, 256

Killpatrick, Major James, 305, 318

King, James, 432

King George Sound Co., 434

Kistna River, 245

Knipe, Major Charles, 277, 284

Konkan Coast, 257-69

Kora, 400

Kra, 200

Krakatoa, 20

Kyushu, 53, 55, 57

La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-François, 276-80, 334

Lady Hughes,
437

Lahribandar, 103, 117

Lally, Comte de, 339-44, 411

Lancaster, Sir James, 10-23, 24, 29, 30, 73

Law, Jean 315

Lawrence, Major Stringer, 243, 284-6, 287, 290, 292, 297, 340-2, 346

Leadenhall Street, 112, 182, 219, 363-6, 392, 421

Levant Company, The, 11, 13, 26, 27-8, 35, 52, 151, 174

Lhasa, 423

Light, Captain Francis, 360-1, 429, 444

Lindsay, Sir John, 409, 410

Linschoten, Jan Huyghen van, 54

Lintin Island, 456

Lion, 107

Lockyer, Rev. Charles, 194, 195, 211

London,
5, 93, 357

Lonthor, 4, 47

Louis XIV, King, of France, 200-1

Love, Colonel H. D., 415

Loyal Bliss,
256

Lucas, Sir Gervase, 133, 137

Luzon, 345, 354

Macartney, Lord George, 417-20, 435, 438, 440

Macartney Mission 1793, 352, 435-6, 439

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, 178, 317, 419

McCluer, Captain John, 440-2, 443

MacLean, Lauchlin, 387

Macpherson, Sir John, 433

Macao, 65, 108, 117, 123, 198, 206, 207, 348, 352, 433, 436, 441-2

Macassar, 37, 41, 51, 63, 193

Macclesfield,
208-9

Madagascar, 15-16, 75, 95, 124, 184-8, 239, 262, 443

Madras, 68-70, 125-6, 130, 141, 164, 178, 189, 192-6, 199, 204-5, 213-16, 223, 230, 240-5, 271-95, 338-44, 346, 381, 385, 396, 408-18

Madras Association, 360, 396, 431

Maharashtra, 401-8

Mahé, 344, 410

Malabar Coast, 94, 102, 108, 124, 251-4, 255-70, 344, 416

Malacca, 17, 108, 123, 442-3, 446-8

Malacca, Straits of, 17, 18, 274, 360, 446-9

Malay Peninsula, 359-61, 447-9 Malda, 149

Maldive Islands, 175

Mandalay, 337

Mangalore, Treaty of, 416, 417, 418

Manhattan, 5, 51

Manila, 198, 243, 345-7, 380, 445;

see also
Philippines

Maratha Ditch, 298-9, 302, 310

Marathas, 142-3, 145, 243, 255-70, 400, 401-8, 410, 415-16

Marianas Islands, 357

Markham, Sir Clement, 423

Marlborough, Earl of, 132, 133, 137

Marlborough,
230

Mary,
116

Masulipatnam, 61-2, 63-4, 67-8, 87, 101, 116, 125, 149, 189-90, 200, 215, 243-4, 288, 342

Matheson, James, 453, 455-6

Matthews, Commodore, 262-3

Mauritius, 123, 250, 274, 339, 381, 442, 446

Mazagaon, 137, 145

Meares, Captain John, 433-4, 435

Menam River, 196, 197, 204

Merchant’s Hope,
97-8

Mergui, 200, 202-4, 223, 334, 357

Methwold, William, 67, 108, 116-18, 119, 121, 149

Michelborne, Sir Edward, 14, 39, 40, 119

Middleton, David, 22, 36-40, 81

Middleton, Sir Henry, 22, 29-34, 41-2, 81-9, 95

Middleton, John, 22

Middleton,
38

Midnapur, 369

Militia, 137-40, 211, 232-3, 238, 241-3, 245, 275, 277, 284, 292, 301, 324

Minchin, Colonel, 301, 303, 305

Mindanao, 346, 354, 357

Minto, Lord, 446-7

Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal, 315-24, 369-72, 374

Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, 369-72, 373-4

Mocha, 81-5, 87-9, 119, 184, 187, 188, 251

Mocha,
211

Moco-Moco, 249, 250

Moghul Empire, 77-80, 87-8, 97, 142, 150, 168, 200, 243, 286, 326;

see also
Akbar, Aurangzeb etc.

Moghul shipping, 87-9, 102, 118, 143, 144, 155, 157, 176-7, 236

Moghul War (1686-90), 143-7, 154-64, 176, 180, 184, 202

Mohammed Ali, Nawab of Carnatic, 288, 289, 291, 322, 381, 409-11, 418

Molucca Islands, 13, 21-2, 36-51, 54, 357, 441, 445;

see also
Banda Islands, Ternate, Tidore etc.

Monghyr, 372

Mons, 333, 335

Morse, Nicholas, 274-8, 279

Mozambique, 12, 94

Mukarrab Khan, 76, 79-80, 86-7, 89

Mun, Thomas, 119-20, 128

Mundy, Peter, 115-17, 123

Munro, Major Hector, 374, 412, 413, 414

Munro, Captain Innes, 411, 413-14

Murshidabad, 299, 306, 312, 315, 316, 319-20, 383

Muscovy Company, The, 9, 13, 26, 52

Muzaffar Jang, 288, 289-90

Mysore Wars,

First, 411

Second, 411-18

Fourth, 412, 445

Nadia, 320

Nadir Shah, 231

Nagasaki, 55, 58, 66, 197, 198

Najm-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal, 374, 377

Nand Kumar, 399

Napoleon Bonaparte, 442-4, 446

Napoleonic Wars, 361, 442-7

Narai, King of Siam, 195-204

Negapatnam, 276, 340, 414

Negrais, 333-8, 360

Neira, Banda, 4, 13, 21-2, 37, 38, 40, 44, 47

Nepal, 423

‘New Company’, 180, 182-4, 188-92, 208-11, 211-16;

see also
Dowgate Adventurers

New Guinea, 357, 441

New Holland (Australia), 441

New Year’s Gift,
91, 93

Nguyen Emperors, 425-6, 428

Nicobar Islands, 16

Ningpo, 206, 209, 350-1, 358

Nootka
, 433

Nootka Sound, 432, 434, 435

Norris, Sir William, 183, 189-92, 211, 222

North, Lord, 364, 382, 385-8;

see also
Regulating Act

North-west Passage, 8-9, 52, 59, 432

Northern Circars, 291, 293, 342, 410, 414

Novaya Zemlya, 8

Nutmegs, 3-4, 6, 33, 38-9

Ockham,
264

Okinawa, 54

Oman, 103

Ong-tom-being, 426, 427

Opium trade, 358, 359, 396, 430-1, 453-5

Orissa, 68

Orme, Robert, 267, 281, 288, 297-8, 319, 342-3

Osaka, 57, 64

Ostend Company, 237-9

Oudh, 322, 374, 377, 400

Ovington, Rev., 135, 144, 145, 184, 183

Oxenden, Sir George, 132, 134, 142

Palawan, 355

Panikkar, K.M., 401

Papillon, Thomas, 129, 174-5, 180, 182

Paradis, Louis, 283

Parganas, 320, 323

Paris, Treaty of, 347, 367, 368

Parkinson, C. N., 443, 450-1

Pasir, 358

Patani, 62-4, 66, 196, 199

Patna, 149, 167, 192, 225, 229, 236, 322, 374

Payne, Chairman, 310

Pearl,
203-4

Pearl River, 206, 348

Pearse, Colonel Thomas, 413-14

Pegu, 67, 333, 334

Peking, 351-2, 423, 436-7

Pelew Islands (Palau), 440-2

Penang, 12, 360-1, 429-30, 444-6, 453

Pepper, 6, 18, 20, 24-5, 29, 32, 39, 51, 61, 64, 98, 114, 119-20, 124, 246, 251

Peppercorn,
81-2, 211

Pepwell, Captain, 102

Pepys, Samuel, 133, 349

Perfume River, 427-8

Pernambuco, 12

Persia, 102-8, 127;

see also
Gombroon, Isfahan etc.

Petapoli, 61

Petit, J., 143-4, 146

Peyton, Commodore Edward, 275-7, 279

Phaulkon, (Falcon) Constant, 200-4

Philip II, King, of Spain, 10

Philippines, The, 7, 36, 65, 198, 322, 344-7, 354, 355, 436;

see also
Luzon, Mindanao, Manila etc.

Phoenix,
HMS, 175-6

Phram, The
, 261

Pigot, George, Lord, 336, 341, 346, 333, 399, 409-10, 418

Pirates, 144, 172, 176-7, 184-8, 191, 200, 254, 255-70, 355;

see also
Kidd, Avery etc.

Pitcairn, Midshipman Robert, 382

Pitt,
353

Pitt, Thomas, 173, 174, 175, 181, 189, 191, 210, 213-16, 222-3, 241

Pitt, William (the Elder), 326, 362, 365, 379

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