Balinese Raja in Thomas Stamford Raffes The History of Java 1817

''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 Colonial Office, colonial official who served as the List of governors of the Dutch East Indies, governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieut ...

and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

from ancient times.

Publication history

George Francis Joseph - Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles

The first edition was limited to 900 copies and contained 64 etched or

aquatint Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone. It has also been used ...

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 Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

in 2010.

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File:Raffles Varieties of the Javan Kris.png, Varieties of Javanese keris File:Raffles Javan Weapons 1.png,

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s, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling File:Raffles Javan Weapons 2.png, 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 flammable cord or twine that is in contact with the gunpowder through a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or Tri ...

gun File:Raffles Javan Weapons and Standards.png, Weapons and

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