The history of Sumatra : containing an account of the government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural production, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island
Digitised Book 18.221.32.189 (0)
1783
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A comprehensive history of Sumatra, covering in particular, the government, customs, opinions, arts and industry of the native inhabitants.
Other issues in the series
A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883
The writer travelled to different parts of the Eastern Archipelago including Batavia, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Sumatra, the Moluccas and Timor-Laut. He describes in detail, with illustrations and maps, the geographical and ethnological features of the places he visited as well as the indigenous flora and fauna.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Marsden, William, 1754-1836
- Subject
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- Natural history--Indonesia--Sumatra
- Sumatra (Indonesia)--History
- Publisher
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- Printed for the author, 1783
- National Library Board Singapore, 1783
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, map
- Table of Contents
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- Unknown to the ancients... -- Distinction of inhabitants... -- Villages. Buildings... -- Agriculture. Rice... -- Fruits, flowers, medicinal shrubs and herbs -- Animals. Beasts... -- Productions of the island considered as articles of commerce... -- Gold, tin and other metals... -- Arts and manufactures... -- Language. Malay. Arabic character used -- Comparative state of the Sumatrans in civil society... -- Laws and customs... -- Remarks on, and elucidation of the various laws and customs... -- Modes of marriage... -- Customs of chewing betel... -- The country of Lampoon and its inhabitants... -- Malay governments... -- The country of Batta... -- Kingdom of Acheen... -- History of the Kingdom of Acheen and the countries adjacent... -- Conclusion.
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2007.