Account of Pegu and the Voyage to Cambodia and Siam in 1718 by Alexander Hamilton, edited by Michael W. Charney

Main author: Hamilton, Alexander
Other authors: Charney, Michael W.
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Summary: Captain Alexander Hamilton collated an account of his voyage to Cambodia and Siam in 1718 with accounts of his experiences in Pegu and elsewhere on earlier travels, as well as information he had gathered about certain other locations (such as Arakan) in his A New Account of the East Indies (Edinburgh, 1727). While the original account also included accounts of parts of the Malay world and “Cochinchina,” these have been excluded from the following text. The account begins with a brief account of Chittagong and concludes with eastern mainland Southeast Asia. Edited for the SBBR by Michael W. Charney.
Other authors: Charney, Michael W.
Language: English
Published: SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research 4(2), pp. 98-122 2006