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A Visit to Java (Classic Reprint): With an Account of the Founding of Singapore
Excerpt from A Visit to With an Account of the Founding of Singapore
IN writing these pages I have had before me a double purpose. First, to present to the general reader an account of what seemed to me to be a singularly interesting country, and one which, while being comparatively little known, has yet certain direct claims upon the attention of Eng lishmen. Secondly, to provide a book which, Without being a guide book, would at the same time give information practically useful to the English and Australian traveller.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
IN writing these pages I have had before me a double purpose. First, to present to the general reader an account of what seemed to me to be a singularly interesting country, and one which, while being comparatively little known, has yet certain direct claims upon the attention of Eng lishmen. Secondly, to provide a book which, Without being a guide book, would at the same time give information practically useful to the English and Australian traveller.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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331 pages, Paperback
First published December 5, 2008
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February 21, 2021- not long after the time of Christ the Hindus came to Java, the figure of Saka, 'variously termed warrior, priest, and god, to whom is attributed the introduction of the arts of civilization'
- the Brahmins ruled for over a millennium before Islam usurped them as the predominant religion in the 16th century. At around the same time the Europeans first visited, the Portuguese and the Dutch, and in the late 18th century the Dutch East India Company took adminstrative control of the island
- the island is long and thin, but has a greater land mass than Britain, and in 1892 the population was 23 million, more than Britain (current it is nearly 150 million, doubling in the last fifty years
- the natives he described as 'simple and refined'
- the parents of both partners are not invited to the wedding ceremony. Divorce is an easy matter; if a couple decide that hey don't want to be together anymore they simply part.
- sugar, cinchona and of course coffee. He visited a plantation.
- wayang, a puppet show the natives would watch for hours. The puppets are grotesque distortions of human shape, shown only as shadows behind a screen. N Javanese theatre the actors are marked and speechless, the dalang (manager) recites the dialogue.
- Sir Thomas Raffles, 1811-16 during the Napoleonic wars, then founded Singapore
- Peter Elberfeld led a rebellion against the Dutch, had his limbs tied to horses
- the Brahmins ruled for over a millennium before Islam usurped them as the predominant religion in the 16th century. At around the same time the Europeans first visited, the Portuguese and the Dutch, and in the late 18th century the Dutch East India Company took adminstrative control of the island
- the island is long and thin, but has a greater land mass than Britain, and in 1892 the population was 23 million, more than Britain (current it is nearly 150 million, doubling in the last fifty years
- the natives he described as 'simple and refined'
- the parents of both partners are not invited to the wedding ceremony. Divorce is an easy matter; if a couple decide that hey don't want to be together anymore they simply part.
- sugar, cinchona and of course coffee. He visited a plantation.
- wayang, a puppet show the natives would watch for hours. The puppets are grotesque distortions of human shape, shown only as shadows behind a screen. N Javanese theatre the actors are marked and speechless, the dalang (manager) recites the dialogue.
- Sir Thomas Raffles, 1811-16 during the Napoleonic wars, then founded Singapore
- Peter Elberfeld led a rebellion against the Dutch, had his limbs tied to horses
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