The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago

The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago is a book by J. Biddulph. The preface says that, for most people, interest in the doings of our forefathers in India dates from our wars with the French in the middle of the eighteenth century. The preface says that little account has been taken of the tremendous risks and difficulties under which the trade was maintained, the losses that were suffered, and the dangers that were run by the Company's servants.

The chapter summaries include chapters titled A Troubled Year in Bombay and Twenty-Six Years of Conflict, among others. The summary for the chapter titled The Downfall of Angria names Commodore William James, Severndroog and Admiral Watson. The text says that in 1718, Captain Woodes Rogers leased the islands for twenty-one years, from the proprietors, and received a commission as Governor. The text says it was estimated that there were upwards of two thousand pirates in and about Providence.