Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Bombay, the Parsee Repository for their Dead'. Illustration by John Henry Grose (fl. 1750-1783), 1722. 'A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, with their several subordinate dependencies'. This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The author, John Henry Grose, went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in March 1750, to work as a servant and writer for the British East India Company.

 


Bombay, the Parsee Repository for their Dead'. Illustration by John Henry Grose (fl. 1750-

1783), 1722. 'A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, with their several subordinate dependencies'. This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The author, John Henry Grose, went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in March 1750, to work as a servant and writer for the British East India Company.

Bombay, the Parsee Repository for their Dead'. Illustration by John Henry Grose (fl. 1750-1783), 1722. 'A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, with their several subordinate dependencies'. This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The author, John Henry Grose, went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in March 1750, to work as a servant and writer for the British East India Company.
A voyage to the East-Indies; began in 1750; with observations continued till 1764; including authentic accounts of the Mogul government ... of the religions in India; ... general reflections on the trade








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