The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.90
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.90
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In the second half of the seventeenth century the Indian seas were infested by a most formidable breed of European pirates, chiefly English. One of them, Roberts, is said to have destroyed 400 trading vessels in three years.