The History of Java

The History of Java is a book written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of Java from ancient times.^[1]

The first edition was limited to 900 copies and contained 64 etched or aquatint plates, of which 10 were hand-coloured aquatints by William Daniell depicting Javanese life and costume. A second edition followed in 1830. The book was reprinted from a digital master by the Cambridge University Press in 2010.

• Weapons
• Varieties of Javanese keris
• Machetes, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling
• Keris
• Short swords, shields, and a matchlock gun
• Weapons and standards

• Batik
• A Javanese man in court dress
• A Javanese chief, in his ordinary dress
• A Javanese man in war dress
• A Javanese man of the lower class
• A Javanese ronggeng dancer

• The History of Java by Sir Stamford Raffles at the Internet Archive.
• The History of Java restored ebook at Google Books.