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082			_a954 BUC
100			_aBuchanan, Francis
245			_aJourney from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2011 _aNew York
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440			_aCambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
520			_aIn 1800 Lord Wellesley, the British Governor General of India, appointed the surgeon and botanist Francis Buchanan (1762–1829) to conduct a survey of the kingdom of Mysore in the south of the country, which had recently been annexed by the East India Company. In the resulting three-volume report, first published in 1807, Buchanan (later known as Francis Hamilton) records the physical and human geography of this large area of southern India. He describes the agriculture, arts and commerce, indigenous religions and customs, natural history and society and antiquities of the regions through which he travelled, and illustrates his text with a map and engravings. Volume 3 describes Buchanan's travels through the western coastal region of Canara, and his return across central Mysore to Madras. It contains an appendix on the state of commercial manufacturing in the region, the destinations of exports, and details of imports by land and sea.
650			_aAnthropology
650			_aHistory
650			_aCanara and Malabar
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