Courting India : : Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire
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"When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe represented a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about its identity as a unified 'Great Britain' under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile, the court he entered in India was wealthy and cultured, its dominion widely considered to be one of the greatest and richest empires of the world. In this fascinating history of Roe's four years in India, Nandini Das offers an insider's view of Britain in the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown. It is a story of palace intrigue, scandal, lotteries, and wagers that unfold as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia."-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
163936322X
9781639363223
SUBJECTS
Roe, Thomas, -- Sir, -- 1581?-1644.
Jahangir, -- Emperor of Hindustan, -- 1569-1627.
Great Britain -- History. -- India
India -- History. -- Great Britain
India -- History -- 1526-1765.
Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
Mogul Empire -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Mogul Empire.