The Eastern seas : or, Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832-33-34, comprising a tour of the island of Java -- visits to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Siam &c. : also an account of the present stateof Singapore with observations on the commercial resources of the Archipelago /
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Author / Creator: | Earl, George Windsor, 1813-1865. |
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Imprint: | London : W.H. Allen, 1837. |
Description: | xii, 461 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1936935 |
Notes: | Also issued online. |
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Summary: | Appendices incl. observations on Australia and on Aborigines; p.436; About 1000 Bugis from Macassar collect trapang in northern Australia annually; p.442-446; Settlements at Melville Island, 1824 and Raffles Bay, 1827 - subsequent abondonment, clashes with Aborigines; Desirability of northern settlement; reasons against making Port Essington a penal establishment; p.454-456; Views of the Aborigines of the Wellington Valley, N.S.W., about the inland sea quoted from Dr. Henderson and W.H. Breton; similar views of Swan River Aborigines, information from Mr. Moore. |
Other form: | Online version: Earl, George Windsor, 1813-1865. Eastern seas. London : W.H. Allen, 1837 |
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