HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''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 Agustín Cruz Tinoco of San Agustín de las Juntas, Oaxaca">San_Agustín_de_las_Juntas.html" ;"title="Agustín Cruz Tinoco of San Agustín de las Juntas">Agustín Cruz Tinoco of San ...
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 {{indonesia-hist-book-stub