Title
On the Trade to China, and the Indian Archipelago; with Observations on the Insecurity of the British Interests in that Quarter by Charles Assey
Year/Period
1819
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 23.1 x 14.1 x 0.7 cm
Accession No.
2019-00361
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. Charles Assey was Raffles’ private secretary during his term as Lieutenant-Governor of Java from 1811 to 1816. Written by Assey, this book proposes a British trading station in the Riau archipelago.
![The History of Java, first edition [two volumes], Thomas Stamford Raffles, London, 1817](https://www.roots.gov.sg/api/media/6972aac8-d668-488a-88b7-56301f9f392a/00-cultural-connections.jpg)
