The History of Java
![]() Title page for The History of Java second edition (1830) | |
Author | Thomas Stamford Raffles |
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Language | English |
Published | 1817 (John Murray) |
Publication place | England |
Pages | xlviii + 479 |
OCLC | 741754581 |
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The History of Java is a book written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of Java from ancient times.[1]
Publication history
[edit]The first edition was limited to 900 copies and contained 64 etched or aquatint plates, of which 10 were hand-coloured aquatints by William Daniell depicting Javanese life and costume. A second edition followed in 1830. The book was reprinted from a digital master by the Cambridge University Press in 2010.
Gallery
[edit]- Weapons
- Varieties of Javanese keris
- Machetes, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling
- Keris
- Short swords, shields, and a matchlock gun
- Weapons and standards
- Batik
- A Javanese man in court dress
- A Javanese chief, in his ordinary dress
- A Javanese man in war dress
- A Javanese man of the lower class
- A Javanese ronggeng dancer
References
[edit]- ^ "Review of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles". The Quarterly Review. 17: 72–96. April 1817. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
External links
[edit]- The History of Java by Sir Stamford Raffles at the Internet Archive.
- The History of Java restored ebook at Google Books.