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'''Alexander Hamilton''' (before 1688 – after 1733) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[Captain (naval)|sea captain]], [[privateer]] and merchant.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
In his early years he travelled widely through Europe, the [[Barbary coast]], the [[West Indies]], [[Indian subcontinent|India]] and Southeast Asia. On his arrival in [[Bombay]] in 1688 he was briefly pressed into the employ of the [[East India Company|Honourable East India Company]] in a local war, and then set up as a private country trader, operating from [[Surat]]. He was appointed commander of the [[History of the Indian Navy|Bombay Marine]] in June 1717, in which post he suppressed [[piracy]].<ref name="ballantyne" /> In 1718, he visited [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya]], [[Siam]] (present-day Thailand), his account of his visit to Ayutthaya survives.<br />
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The main extant source of information on Captain Hamilton is his own book, ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503139 A New Account of the East Indies]'' (1727). The term 'East Indies' then covered a much wider geographic area than it does today - 'most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the [[Cape of Good Hope]] and the island of Japan.' Illustrated with lively anecdotes, it provides a valuable insight into British involvement in and perception of early modern Asia.<ref name=ballantyne>Tony Ballantyne, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12042 ‘Hamilton, Alexander (b. before 1688, d. in or after 1733)’], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 1 September 2008.</ref> Confusingly, he used the English name ''Canton'' to refer to both the walled city ([[Guangzhou]]) and the province ([[Guangdong]]), but used ''Canton'' more often for the city and ''Quantung'' occasionally for the province.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Alexander |title=A New Account of the East Indies. Chapter 51: Some Observations and Remarks on the Province and City of Canton or Quantung |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503139/page/n135/mode/2up |website=archive.org |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=1688–1727}}</ref><br />
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