A translation of excerpts from a diary written in French by J.-A. Cobbé, a diplomat and emissary of the Ostend Company, a chartered trading company established in the Austrian Netherlands. The translated excerpts from this unpublished manuscript focus on aspects of ‘heathen religion’, the deity Krishna, and the ‘faqirs’ encountered in India.
Excerpts from the manuscript diary of GIC (Ostend Company) Ambassador Jacques-André Cobbé, Bengal, 1723-1724 A translation of excerpts from a diary written in French by J.-A. Cobbé, a diplomat and emissary of the Ostend Company, a chartered trading company established in the Austrian Netherlands. The translated excerpts from this unpublished manuscript focus on aspects of ‘heathen religion’, the deity Krishna, and the ‘faqirs’ encountered in India.