THE MODERN PART OF AN Universal History, FROM THE Earliest ACCOUNT of TIME. Compiled from ORIGINAL WRITERS. By the AUTHORS of the ANTIENT PART. IN RECTO DECVS LONDON: Printed for S. RICHARDSON, T. OSBORNE, C. HITCH, [1] Modern Hiftory: BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE Universal History. BOOK XIV. CHAP. VIII. The Commerce, Colonies, and Companies, which the Danes bave heretofore maintained, or ftill fupport, in the Eaft Indies. SECT I. Character of the Danish Nation; their antient Turn to Navigation and naval Expeditions; their Share in the boly War; the Time when an ardent Defire of making Discoveries, and opening new Branches of Trade, revived amongst them. Account of the famous Empire of Bifnagar in Indoftan, and the Čircumftances which facilitated their fettling at Tanjour. A S far as we can penetrate through that mist of fabulous The genius inventions in which the antient hiftory of the northern of the annations is enveloped, the Danes have been from the tient most early times equally diffinguished by their martial temper, Danes, and being strongly addicted to maritime expeditions. The and their conquefts they gained over their neighbours ferved only to maritime excite in them an ambition of undertaking greater things, and expeditions carrying the terror of their arms into countries more remote. The Britifb ifles, after being long haraffed by their incurfions, qufts. a STRABONIS Geograph. lib. vii. HERTZHOLMIUS Præcel lent. Regn. Dan. & Norv. p. 95. MOD. HIST. VOL. XI. A' became and con |