Robert Challe, Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales English translation [1720s-1730s?] Challe, Robert, Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales English translation

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Robert Challe, Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales English translation [1720s-1730s?] Challe, Robert, Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales English translation

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These 3 volumes are an English translation of Robert Challe's , which chronicles his journey to India as purser on the French East India Company's ship between 1690 and 1691. Challe described scenery, wildlife, and culture in Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales Ecueil

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