Narrative of the wars of Hamang Coelorono Senapati Hingalag Abdul Rehman Shah ad din Panatte Gama of Jokjocarta translated from the Javanese
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pp. 1-379: Translation of a Narrative of wars, by His Highness the Sultan Hamang Coeborono Seno Patty Hingalogo Habdul Rachman Sahedin Patte Gama Kaliefathobak [=Amangku Buwana Senapati Ingalaga Abdurrahman Saidin Panatagama Khalifatullah] the First, having held his Court at Djocjocarta [Jokyaka...
Extracts translated from a work on the geography of Asia, under the following headings (page numbers, where given, are from the original printed work):- (1) Page 522 of the original. Of India, a mighty province in great Asia. (2) Page 523. Of what is found wonderful in India. (3) Page 525. Of Jo...
Proceedings from the Government of Ceylon from September to October 1699, in Dutch
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(a) Extract uit de dagelijksche Aanseekeningen, gedaan en gehouden door den Heer Gerrit de Heere, Gouverneur en Directeur over 't Eiland Ceilon &ca, zo bij hem zelve, als ook door zijne ordre, bij den secretaries Gerrit van Tholl, wegens de vornaanste poincten en voorvallen in zijn Edele rei...
Batavia, 6 December 1806. Original in Dutch, with English translation. (a) Aanmerkingen Aangaande de Deffensie Van Batavia. Original of the following: (b) Remarks respecting the defence of Batavia. Translated from the preceeding. Suggests certain improvements to be made to the batteries and f...
Memoir on Wannee in Ceylon, and papers relating to it.
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(a) Wannee in Ceylon: Extracts in Dutch from Mackenzie Private 59.1, pp. 5-6, 7-8, 8-15, 16-18, and 18-23. These extracts are supplemented by (h) infra, q.v. (b) Wanne in Ceylon: English translation of the preceeding. (c) Moolletivo [= Mullaittivu] 23 May 1793.Memorial of the state of the Wann...
English translations of papers from Java on military matters comprising the following: (a) Instructions under the following sub-headings: The Quarter Master of the Camp; The Field Commessary; The Field Hospital; The establishment in a Camp; The order of March for two Batallions. Signed "Batavia...
(a) 26 July 1813. Notes respecting the Interior of Sourabaya [= Surabaya] District, with some description of remarkable coconut trees, by Colonel Adams. Topographical and descriptive notes of a journey taken in April 1813, with remarks on irrigation, forests, agriculture, antiquities (two inscri...
Report on the repair of the dams in Mullenawe, on Ceylon
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(a) Kolombo [= Colombo] 24 July 1789.Letter in Dutch from P Foenander to Willem Jacob van de Graaff, Governor of Ceylon. Reports in detail on the possibility and advisability of repairing certain irrigation dams at Molleriawe. (b) English translation of the preceding.
Reflections for the defence of Batavia and its trenches, and when threatened by an Enemy, to counter balance him with our force
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(a) Apparently a fragment of some more extended treatise, as it begins somewhat abruptly. It begins by outlining the essentials of a scheme of organization of the Batavian environs for defensive purposes, assigning various duties to various officials, from the Governor General downwards. Then ...