Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat

Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat - In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock,...
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Author: Roberts, Edmund,1784-1836
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Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat

Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat

€6,26

Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat

€6,26
Author: Roberts, Edmund,1784-1836
Format: eBook
Language: English

Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat - In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4

Having some years since become acquainted with the commerce of Asia and Eastern Africa, the information produced on my mind a conviction that considerable benefit would result from effecting treaties with some of the native powers bordering on the Indian ocean. With a view to effect an object apparently so important, I addressed a letter to the Hon. Levi Woodbury, then a Senator in Congress from the state of New Hampshire, detailing the neglected state of our commerce with certain eastern princes, and showing that the difference between the duties paid on English and American commerce, in their dominions, constituted of itself a very important item in profit, in favour of the former. Subsequently to this period, Mr. Woodbury was appointed to the secretaryship of the Navy, and consequently became more deeply interested in the success of our floating commerce. Scarcely had his appointment been confirmed before the melancholy news arrived, that the ship Friendship, of Salem, Mass., had been plundered, and a great portion of her crew murdered, by the natives of Qualah Battu. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44075
Author: Roberts, Edmund
Release Date: Oct 30, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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