Digital Rare Book:
The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge.
A companion to "The hand-book of British India."
By Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler
Published by C.Cox, London - 1848

J. H. Stocqueler (21 July 1801 - 14 March 1886) was a journalist, government employee, entrepreneur, and inventor in England, India, and the United States of America.

Stocqueler traveled extensively during his life. In 1831 and 1832, he spent fifteen months traveling through Khuzistan and Persia. In 1836, the Calcutta Public Library was established at the suggestion Stocqueler, then editor of the Englishman.

During the latter half of 1840, he traveled from Calcutta (departing 13 August 1840) up the Ganges and then up to Simla and from there down the Indus to Bombay and from there to Egypt and to England, arriving 16 January 1841. He wrote of these experiences in his Hand book for India and Egypt. He died on 14 March 1886 in Washington, D.C., USA, not 1885 in Bath, England, as is often seen.

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Image:
An interpreter and his wife (Gentoo Dobash) - 1770
One of thirty-six paintings of castes and occupations of South India showing a man and wife with the attributes of their trade. This one showing an interpreter and his wife; the man in white, the woman in orange, both holding 'pan' against a green background.

Source: V&A, London