William Marsden sought to establish a regular series of authenticated facts and to describe "things as they exist, rather than to display the powers of a creative imagination", writes Dr John Bastin in his Introduction to this reprint of a book that won immediate recognition as a model of descriptive composition when it was first published in 1793.

The History of Sumatra (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

History

Bastin, John

Marsden, William

Asia

Oxford University Press

<p>The letters of Sir Stamford Raffles in the collection of Tang Holdings in Singapore has been transcribed and annotated by the world's foremost expert on Raffles, Dr John Bastin.</p>

Letters & Books of Sir Stamford Raffles and Lady Raffles: The Tang Holdings Collections

Didier Millet,Csi

<p>Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to collect various plant and animal specimens, which he then commissioned artists to paint.</p>

Natural History Drawings of Malaya Peninsula 1803-1818: The Complete Farquhar

Arts & Photography

Guan, Kwa Chong

History & Criticism

Didier Millet

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