''The History of Java'' is a book written by Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...
, and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
from ancient times.
It was reprinted from a digital master by the Cambridge University Press in 2010.
Gallery
File:Raffles Varieties of the Javan Kris.png, Varieties of Javanese keris.
File:Raffles Javan Weapons 1.png, Weapons of Java: Machete
Older machete from Latin America
Gerber machete/saw combo
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s, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling.
File:Raffles Javan Weapons 2.png, Weapon of Java: Keris.
File:Raffles Javan Weapons 3.png, Short swords, shields, and a matchlock
A matchlock or firelock is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of rope that is touched to the gunpowder by a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with his finger. Befor ...
gun.
File:Raffles Javan Weapons and Standards.png, Javanese weapons and standards Standard may refer to:
Symbols
* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
* Standard (metrology), an object t ...
.
References
External links
''The History of Java''by Sir Stamford Raffles at the Internet Archive.
''The History of Java''restored ebook at Google Books.
History books about Indonesia
1817 non-fiction books
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