The view of Hindoostan (Volume I)

Step into the dust, noise and wonder of late eighteenth-century India through the eyes of a travelling Briton. The past feels close here. Written at the high tide of British colonial South Asia, The View of Hindoostan (Volume I) blends eighteenth century travelogue with historical geography nonfiction, tracing the rivers, caravan routes, cities and provinces that shaped the subcontinent. Part descriptive journey, part geographical survey, this classic India travel literature offers one of t...