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About The Book -: The book contains narrative of journey of Englishmen who travelled in the northern and western part of India in the period of Emperor Akbar and Jahangir but this does not end the list of English visitors who travelled in India during this period. The book give experience of the visitors: Ralph Fitch 1583-1591, John Mildenhall 1599-1606, William Hawkins 1608-1613, William Finch 1608-1611, Nicholas Withington 1612-1616, Thomas Coryat 1612-1617, and Edward Terry 1616-1619.It may perhaps be pointed out that at the time (1584) when the earliest of our travellers reached the court of Akbar, the Mughal Empire in India had not yet reached its sixtieth anniversary. It was in 1525 that Babur, then King of Kabul, crushed at Panipat the Afghan dynasty which had ruled at Delhi during the preceding three-quarters of a century. Babur’s son, Humayun, was driven from his throne in 1540 by Sher Shah, the Afghan ruler of Bengal and Bihar, but recovered his kingdom in 1555, only to die in the following year, leaving to his young son Akbar a precarious dominion over a territory which is today represented by parts of the Panjab and the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. About The Author -: Sir William Foster CIE (19 November 1863 – 11 May 1951) was a British historiographer and civil servant who was Registrar and Superintendent of Records in the India Office. He was a member of the Hakluyt Society and was "the foremost authority on the detailed history of early British relations with India and other countries in Asia." He was educated in Coopers' Grammar School and London University. In 1882 he entered India Office and continued working there until 1927. He became Registrar and Superintendent of Records from 1907 to 1923 and Historiographer to the India Office from 1923 to 1927. He served the Hakluyt Society as Secretary (1893–1902) and President (1928–1945). The Title 'Early Travels In India 1583-1619 written/authored/edited by Edited by William Foster', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121229944 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 385 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-