Title
Royal Library’s copy of The History of Java
Year/Period
1817
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2019-00351
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Prior to establishing the British trading settlement on Singapore in 1819, Raffles was Lieutenant Governor of Java from 1811 to 1816. After his term in Java, Raffles returned to England and published his book, the two volume The History of Java. This was Raffles' own copy of the book, which he presented to his cousin the Revd. Thomas Raffles upon leaving England for Bencoolen in 1817.