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 the island



Digitised Book 18.116.61.169 (0)

1811

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 the island

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This book is an account of the Indonesian island Sumatra and its inhabitants. It covers general and geographical description of the island, inhabitants (distinction and culture), habitations and domestic habits of economy, agriculture, plants and animals, arts and manufactures, languages, laws and customs, as well as ancient political history.

Additional Details

Creators
Marsden, William, 1754-1836
Subject
Sumatra (Indonesia)--History
Publisher
National Library Board Singapore, 1811
J. M'Creery, 1811
Digital Description
application/pdf, map
Provenance
The resource described is part of the National Library Board’s Singapore Collection, digitised as part of the NL-NAS Masterplan by Whole-of-Government (WOG) panel vendor (Konica) in 2020/2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
Edition
Third ed.
Copyright
Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2020