The History of Java
{{Short description|Book by Thomas Stamford Raffles}}
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| published = 1817 (John Murray)
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| pages = xlviii + 479
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File:Balinese Raja in Thomas Stamford Raffes The History of Java 1817.jpg
The History of Java is a book written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of Java from ancient times.{{cite journal|title=Review of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles|journal=The Quarterly Review|date=April 1817|volume=17|pages=72–96|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044079408258;view=1up;seq=82|access-date=2017-03-17|archive-date=2021-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222062459/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044079408258&view=1up&seq=82|url-status=live}}
Publication history
File:George Francis Joseph - Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles.jpg by George Francis Joseph, 1817. Raffles sat for the painting while in London to oversee publication of the book.]]
The first edition was limited to 900 copies and contained 64 etched or aquatint 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 in 2010.
Gallery
File:Raffles Varieties of the Javan Kris.png|Varieties of Javanese keris
File:Raffles Javan Weapons 1.png|Machetes, 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 gun
File:Raffles Javan Weapons and Standards.png|Weapons and standards
File:Raffles A Javan in the Court dress.jpg |A Javanese man in court dress
File:Raffles A Javan Chief in his ordinary dress.jpg |A Javanese chief, in his ordinary dress
File:Raffles A Javan in the War dress.jpg |A Javanese man in war dress
File:Raffles A Javan of the lower class.jpg |A Javanese man of the lower class
File:Raffles A Ronggeng or dancing girl.jpg |A Javanese ronggeng dancer
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/historyjava00raffgoog The History of Java] by Sir Stamford Raffles at the Internet Archive.
- [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=oA8PAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=es&pg=GBS.PR10.w.1.0.0 The History of Java] restored ebook at Google Books.
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Category:History books about Indonesia
Category:1817 non-fiction books
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