XVII. List of the Royal Navy of England at the demise of Queen Elizabeth. CHAP IX. Early Voyages of the English to the East Indies, before the establishment of an exclusive company. SECT. I. Voyage to Goa in 1579, in the Portuguese fleet, by Thomas Stevens. Introduction. II. Journey to India over-land, by Ralph Fitch, Merchant of London, and others, in 1583. III. Supplement to the Journey of Fitch No. 1.--Letter from Mr John Newbery to Mr Richard Hakluyt of Oxford, Author of the Voyages, &c. No. 2,--Letter from Mr John Newbery to Mr Leonard Poore of London. 3.--Letter from Mr John Newbery to the same. 4.--Letter from John Newbery to Messrs John Eldred and William Scales at Basora. 5.--Letter from Mr John Newbery to Messrs Eldred and Scales. 6.--Letter from Mr Newbery to Mr Leonard Poore. 7.--Letter from Mr Ralph Fitch to Mr Leonard Poore. 8.--The Report of John Huighen, &c. A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. * * * * * PART II. BOOK III. CONTINUED. * * * * * CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN THE EAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES Of OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS TO INDIA. * * * * * CHAPTER IV. CONTINUED. CONTINUATION OF THE PORTUGUESE TRANSACTIONS IN INDIA, AFTER THE RETURN OF DON STEPHANO DE GAMA FROM SUEZ IN 1541, TO THE REDUCTION OF PORTUGAL UNDER THE DOMINION OF SPAIN IN 1581. SECTION XIII. _Account of an Expedition of the Portuguese from India to Madagascar in 1613._