Agra

Sumatra and Bantam and visit the Banda islands and Amboyna, where merchants tried but failed to obtain trading rights. The third voyage (1606) marked the first contact with India. Captain Hawkins in the ship Hector reached Surat in 1607 and proceeded to Agra in an effort to secure trading privileges. While returning, they visit to Sumatra, Bantam and the Moluccas. During the fourth voyage (1608), the ships Ascension return to Surat and then visited Aden and Mocha on the Red Sea,…