The History of Java

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.

The History of Java

Title page for The History of Java second edition (1830)
Author	Thomas Stamford Raffles
Language	English
Published	1817 (John Murray)
Publication place	England
Pages	xlviii + 479
OCLC	741754581

Balinese Raja, in Thomas Stamford Raffles's The History of Java, 1817

Publication history

Portrait of Stamford Raffles 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

• Weapons
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  Varieties of Javanese keris
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  Machetes, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling
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  Keris
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  Short swords, shields, and a matchlock gun
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  Weapons and standards

• Batik
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  A Javanese man in court dress
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  A Javanese chief, in his ordinary dress
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  A Javanese man in war dress
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  A Javanese man of the lower class
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  A Javanese ronggeng dancer

External links

• The History of Java by Sir Stamford Raffles at the Internet Archive.
• The History of Java restored ebook at Google Books.