The history of Sumatra
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William Marsden (1754–1836) spent his youth working for the East India Company in Sumatra, arriving at sixteen and returning to seek new opportunities in England at twenty-five. Through his acquaintance with Sir Joseph Banks, and his interest in oriental studies, which later led to his admittance to the Royal Society, Marsden was inspired to write an account of the island. His history was first published in 1783. Throughout his subsequent life he combined research and writing, especially on oriental languages and numismatics, and he was also First Secretary to the Admiralty at the time of the ...
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- THE HISTORY OF SUMATRA,
- CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT, LAWS, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURAL PRODUCTIONS, AND A RELATION OF THE ANCIENT POLITICAL STATE OF THAT ISLAND. BY
- WILLIAM MARSDEN, F.R.S.
- THE THIRD EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, AND PLATES.
- LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY J. M'CREERY, BLACK-HORSE-COURT, AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1811.
- THE HISTORY OF SUMATRA.
- PREFACE.
- THE HISTORY OF SUMATRA.
- CHAPTER 1.
- CHAPTER 2.
- CHAPTER 3.
- CHAPTER 4.
- CHAPTER 5.
- CHAPTER 6.
- CHAPTER 7.
- CHAPTER 8.
- CHAPTER 9.
- CHAPTER 10.
- CHAPTER 11.
- CHAPTER 12.
- CHAPTER 13.
- CHAPTER 14.
- CHAPTER 15.
- CHAPTER 16.
- CHAPTER 17.
- CHAPTER 18.
- CHAPTER 19.
- CHAPTER 20.
- CHAPTER 21.
- CHAPTER 22.
- CHAPTER 23.
- THE END.
- INDEX.
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