Translations of works in Dutch and Javanese relating chiefly to Java and the Dutch East Indies collected by Col Colin Mackenzie (c1753-1821), Madras Army 1783-1821, engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian collector, while serving as Chief Engineer, Java 1811-13.
Review of the State of the Dutch East India Possessions under the Government of the Governor-General Herman William Daendels &c &c for the better acquaintance and estimation of that persons arbitrary & violent administration.
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By Nicholas Engelhard, Late First Counsellor & Director-General of Dutch India as also ancient Governor & Director of the North East Coast of Java. . . At Gravenhage and Amsterdam. By the Brothers van Cleef, 1816. pp. i, iii, iv, 1-355. Translated from Overzigt van den Staat der Nederl...
Part 2 of Review of the State of the Dutch East India Possessions under the Government of the Governor-General Herman William Daendels &c &c for the better acquaintance and estimation of that persons arbitrary & violent administration.
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Part 2 continues to the end of the original (except the Table of Errata). By Nicholas Engelhard, Late First Counsellor & Director-General of Dutch India as also ancient Governor & Director of the North East Coast of Java. . . At Gravenhage and Amsterdam. By the Brothers van Cleef, 1816. ...
State of the Netherlands East-india Possessions under the Government of the Governor General Herman William Daendels, Kt., Lieutenant-General, &c.
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From the year 1808 to 1811, by H. W. Daendels. pp. 1-312. Translated from Staat der Nederlandsche Oostindische Bezittingen, onder het Bestuur van den Gouverneur-Generaal Herman Willem Daendels, Ridder, Luitenant-Generaal, &c. in de Jaren 1808-1811, The Hague, 1814. This volume contains a ...
State of the Netherlands East-india Possessions under the Government of the Governor General Herman William Daendels, Kt., Lieutenant-General, &c; Java, or a brief Review of its Value and Trade, relative to Netherland.
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From the year 1808 to 1811. 1, pp. 1-83: Continuation of the preceding volume (Mss Eur Mack (1822) 3) to the end of the printed original, without the three volumes of Bijlagen. This and the preceding were originally numbered 1822. A. 2. In Reply to the Author of the Remarks on the new introduc...
Batavia, 13 March 1698. Voyage made by Jacob Janssen De Roy to Borneo and Atcheen
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In the year 1691, and afterwards drawn up by the Traveller himself, by Order of the Right Honble. William van Outhoorn, Governor-General, and the Honble. Counsellors of Netherlands India . . . . Printed after the Copy received from Batavia. Amsterdam, 1716. pp. 1-441: Translated from the above...
Letter containing some Impartial Remarks upon a Memoir, published not long ago under the Title of: State of the Netherlands East-india Possessions, under the Administration of the Governor-General, Herman William Daendels, Kt., Lieutenant-General, &c., during the years 1808 to 1811.
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pp. 1-208: Translated from Brief, inhoudende eenige onpartijdige Aanmerkingen, op eene Memorie, onlangs in het licht verschenen, onder den titel van: Staat der Nederlandsche Oostindische Bezittingen, onder het bestuur van den Gouverneur-Generaal Herman Willem Daendels, Ridder, Luitenant-Generaal...
Letters concerning the Administration of the Colonies, containing a critical Examination of a little Work inspecting that subject, and published under the Title of Java. To which are added the Author’s own important authentical Parts, spreading a new light on the former Administration there of the Governor-General H. W. Daendels. Printed in Amsterdam, by Johannes van der Hey, 1816.
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pp. 1-419: Translated from Brieven betreffende het Bestuur der Koloniën, en bevattende eene Beoordeeling van een Werkje, over dat Onderwerp uitgegeven, getiteld : Java. Waarbij gevoegd zijn eenige belangrijke Authentieke Stukken, welke een nieuw Licht verspreiden over het vorig Bestuur aldaar va...
Malabar Letters, written by Mr. Jacob Canter Visscher.
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pp. 1-421: Contains the letters numbered 1-18, the first bearing date 3 December 1719. Translated from the Dutch of Mallabaarse Brieven, behelzende eene Naukeurige Beschryving van de Kust van Mallabaar .... Leeuwarden, 1743. The translation begins with the 1st letter, omitting the preceding ...
Continuation of the foregoing (Malabar Letters, written by Mr. Jacob Canter Visscher), containing letters 19-37 (the last in the printed volume).
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pp. 1-472: Continuation of the foregoing (Mss Eur Mack (1822) 8), containing letters 19-37 (the last in the printed volume). The last two letters are from Batavia and contain information relating to Ceylon and Java. The last bears date 9 September 1724. The index is not reproduced here. An...