1828 Journey in INDIA Hindu Astronomy Delhi Calcutta

1828 Journey in INDIA Hindu Astronomy Delhi Calcutta Ceylon Bombay Heber 2v Set

Reginald Heber was an important 19th-century missionary to India, who would become Lord Bishop of Calcutta. He is responsible for enabling and empowering Christian missionaries in India and helped establish Bishop’s College in Calcutta. His journey throughout northern India was recorded in ‘Narrative’, a work which describes his visits to Dacca, Benares, Allahbad, Lucknow, Delhi, Bombay, Ceylon, and Madras. While in these locations, Heber ventured into Hindu temples, encountered invalid natives, and observed Hindu Astronomy!

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Item number: #8251

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HEBER, Reginald

Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

Vol. I – viii, 507, [1]

Large folding map

Vol. II – 7, [1], 395, [1]

References: Lowndes II, 1030

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~9in X 5.5in (23cm x 14cm)

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