From Boston to Bombay

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Detail of George Ropes, Crowninshield's Wharf, 1806. Oil on canvas. Gift of Nathaniel Silsbee, 1862. Peabody Essex Museum. M3459.

From Boston to Bombay

Instructor: 
Jenny Rose
When: 
April 27, 2022
Time: 
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Place: 
Zoom Webinar
Fee: 
$15 per person Society members; $20 per person non-members. Advance registration must be received by SAA by Apr. 20, 2022.

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From Boston to Bombay describes the journeys of American traders to India during the late 18th & early 19th centuries. At the conclusion of the Revolutionary War between Britain and America in 1783, American ships began to sail to the coastline of India to establish trading links. Most of these early arrivals came from ports in New England, Philadelphia, and New York. Merchants were soon followed by American missionaries, diplomats, and travel writers. This illustrated presentation will highlight some of these visitors’ impressions of the places and people they encountered in and around Bombay during the period of the Early Republic.


Jenny Rose received her PhD in Ancient Iranian Studies from Columbia University. She teaches a class in Zoroastrian Studies at the Claremont Colleges in California and has published two books on the Zoroastrian religion. This talk draws upon her most recent research, published in late 2019, entitled Between Boston and Bombay: Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsees, 1771-1865.

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