John Ovington
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'''John Ovington'''[1] 1653–1731) is an English priest who took the road to exile at the same time as King James (1689). Hired as chaplain by the East India Company , Ovington took his place aboard the Benjamin bound for India . Ovington disembarked for a few days in Bombay before settling in Surat where he was to live for two and a half years. His travel memories, translated into French by Niceron in 1725 under the title of " Voyages made to Surate & other places in Asia & Africa ", depict Bombay like a city of debauchery populated by prostitutes and drunkards. From his stay in Surat, Ovington describes the Mughal influence, the religious and cultural particularities of the Hindus and the Parses, and finally speculates on the status of the fakir, a Muslim hermit . Ovington describes the tea ceremony and praises the drink's consumption, a stance that earned him criticism from Alexander Hamilton. But the most interesting aspect of Ovington's travels is still his description of the organization and procedures of the English manufacture in Surat. Of all the travel accounts of this period, those of Ovington are, according to Riddick, the most interesting and the most witty.
Writings[]
- A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689, [2]Giving A Large Account Of The City And Its Inhabitants And Of The English Factory There. (1698), impr. Jacob Tonson, Londres.
- An essay upon the nature and qualities of tea (1699), impr. R. Robert, Londres.
References[]
- ^ "Teaching John Ovington's A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689 in the AP World History Course". chnm.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ Ovington, John (1994). A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0945-7.
Sources[]
- 1653 births
- British essayists
- English travel writers
- 1731 deaths