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The History of Sumatra: Containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Native Inhabitants: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Autor William Marsden
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iun 2012
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 Battle of Trafalgar. Displaying a profound understanding of the local flora, fauna, history and people, Marsden provides an important account of a little-known part of Indonesia. Illustrated with botanical drawings, maps and local scenes, the third edition of 1811 is reissued here.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108050487
ISBN-10: 1108050484
Pagini: 542
Ilustrații: 27 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.39 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Situation; 2. Distinction of inhabitants; 3. Villages; 4. Agriculture; 5. Fruits, flowers, medicinal shrubs and herbs; 6. Beasts; 7. Vegetable productions of the island considered as articles of commerce; 8. Gold, tin, and other metals; 9. Languages; 10. Comparative state of the Sumatrans in civil society; 11. Remarks on, and elucidation of, the various laws and customs; 12. Modes of marriage, and customs relative thereto; 13. Custom of chewing betel; 14. The country of Lampong and its inhabitants; 15. Account of the inland country of Korinchi; 16. Malayan states; 17. Kingdoms of Indrapura, Anak-Sungei, Passamman, Siak; 18. Kingdom of Achin; 19. History of the kingdom of Achin; 20. Brief account of the islands lying off the western coast of Sumatra; Index.

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A late eighteenth-century account of Sumatra, (reissued here in its 1811 third edition) by an orientalist and public servant.