Abraham Navarro

Abraham Navarro was a London Sephardi who has been English envoy in China and India. He was commissioned in 1682 by the East India Company to accompany the ship “Delight” to China as interpreter and linguist. The ship reached Amoy, modern Xiamen, in 1683, where Navarro began negotiations for opening trade relations. These negotiations failed and Navarro returned to India where he engaged himself in trade. In 1689 Navarro again acted as English envoy. This time he was sent to the court of the powerful Moghul ruler Aurangzeb to negotiate a peace treaty, which he did successfully.