Thomas Stamford Raffles; Sophia Raffles: Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c. Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and Its Dependecies, 1817-1824; with Details of the Commerece and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from His Correspondence.  By His Widow

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Thomas Stamford Raffles; Sophia Raffles : Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c. Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and Its Dependecies, 1817-1824; with Details of the Commerece and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from His Correspondence. By His Widow

John Murray, London, c. 1830.

Recent ½ morocco saving original cloth, spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt motifs, gilt text on two and six. , Corners slightly rubbed; two tears in folding map of Culombian Harbour, one repaired, other extends 5 inches into the image; minor waterstaining from pp. 359-392 and again from 521-529; otherwise in good condition., 4to., P. (4), blank, frontis, title, printer’s imprint, dedication, blank, introduction v-viii, contents ix-xv, plate list, 1-723, blank, appendix 1-88, index 89-100, (4)., With 9 aquatint plates, including 3 maps (two folding) and the frontispiece portrait of Raffles. Lacks a map and a view.

Raffles oversaw the extension of British influence in South East Asia during the 1810s, first from Java, and then from Sumatra., Abbey Travel 555.

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