Calendar of State Papers : Colonial series, East Indies, China and Japan, 1513-1616, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office and elsewhere / edited by W. Noel Sainsbury.

London: Longman, Green, 1862.

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Colonies -- Law and legislation.

Public records.

Preface

Calendar, 1513-1616

General index

Errata.

The papers calendared in this volume are derived from three great archives, the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and the India Office. It comprises, to speak generally, all papers connected with the early voyages for discovery of the North-west or other passages to India or "Cathay" in the Public Record Office, down to the year 1616; those in the British Museum on the same subjects; and by permission of the Secretary of State for India, the original correspondence from that office, together with the Court Minutes of the East India Company from its establishment in 1600: a few of the Minutes are even previous to that date, Queen Elizabeth having delayed to grant the charter some eighteen months, on account of overtures for a treaty of Peace with Spain. The collection may therefore be considered as perfect as theses sources of information could make it, and will be found to contain materials for a most complete history of the subjects it embraces. - Extract from preface.

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