Richard Steele and John Crowther (1615-1616)

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(http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html):

Primary source:

"Journey of Richard Steel and John Crowther, from Ajmeer in India, to Ispahan in Persia, in the Years 1615 and 1616," in Robert Kerr, ed., A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels...., Vol. IX (Edinburgh and London, 1824), pp. 206-219, a reprint from Samuel Purchas' collection of travel accounts entitled Haklyutus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes (in the 1905-1907 re-edition, vol. IV). "A web version of the text is here." (http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html)

Secondary source:

Niels Steensgaard, The Asian Trade Revolution of the Seventeenth Century: The East India Companies and the Decline of the Caravan Trade (Chicago/London, 1974), passim. "Includes citation of letters by Steele to his superiors." (http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html)