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West Java: Travellers Guide from Batavia to Tjilatjap

Title

Year/Period

1894

Region

Singapore

Dimension

Object size: 16.9 x 12.1 x 2.1 cm

Accession No.

2014-00036

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This book, published in 1894 by Fedor Schulze, is a guidebook at Batavia and the nearby parts of Western Java. At the time it was difficult to access other parts of Java or Indonesia. It gives us insight into what travel was like for Europeans visiting this region and their expectations of facilities, and how they imagined this region.