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Trained as a doctor, John Crawfurd (1783–1868) went on to have a distinguished career in colonial administration with the East India Company. He held senior posts in Java from 1811 to 1816, including that of resident at the court of Yogyakarta. A talented linguist and ethnologist, Crawfurd acquired a sound knowledge of ancient Kawi and contemporary Javanese. Upon his return to Britain in 1817, he became a fellow of the Royal Society and published this three-volume work on the Indonesian islands, principally Java, to great acclaim. Following further service abroad, he published accounts of his various missions in south-east Asia and an encyclopaedic sequel to the present work (all of which are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Volume 3 examines political institutions and commerce, covering major exports and imports along with demographics, public revenue and laws.

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• Full title: History of the Indian Archipelago
• Subtitle: Containing an Account of the Manners, Art, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants
• Author: John Crawfurd
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• EAN: 9781108056168
• ISBN: 1108056164
• ID: 02058869
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 720 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. March 2013

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