Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816 and of Bencoolen and its Dependencies, 1817-1824

by Sophia Raffles

Overview

'remains the standard biography of Raffles because of the sheer weight of original materials used' – Singapore historian. NB no mention at all of his first wife...CMM

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108066044
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/05/2013
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	866
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 1.69(d)

Table of Contents

1. Early life of Mr Raffles - goes to Malacca; 2. Calcutta - proposes expedition to Java; 3. Account of the Eastern Islands; 4. Lord Minto confides in Mr Raffles; 5. Expedition to Palembang; 6. Importance of connection between Java and China to the East India Company's policy; 7. General Nightingall appointed to relieve General Gillespie; 8. Malay civilization; 9. Mr Raffles forced to return to England by ill health; 10. Writes his history of Java; 11. The interior of the country; 12. Sir Stamford Raffles at Bencoolen; 13. Hoists the British flag at Singapore; 14. Sir Stamford returns to Bencoolen; 15 Difficulties of altering established forms of government; 16. Collections of natural history sent home; 17. Sir Stamford forms an establishment on the island of Nias for the suppression of slavery; 18. Arrival at Singapore; 19. Arrival at Bencoolen; 20. Sir Stamford lands at Plymouth; Letter from Dr Horsfield; Catalogue of zoological specimens; Prospectus of Zoological Society; Correspondence with Messrs Diard and Duvaucel; Appendix. The Eastern Isles and Singapore; Index.