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Item Details
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MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
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| By: |
Sophia Raffles, John Bastin |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£105.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195889975 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195889970 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AUSTRALIA |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1991 |
| Edition: |
Facsimile of 1830 ed |
| Series: |
Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints |
| Pages: |
872 |
| Description: |
First published in 1830, this biography of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, traces his humble beginnings as a junior clerk in the East India Company's offices in London, to his becoming Lieutenant-Governor of Java and later holding that post in West Sumatra. |
| Synopsis: |
The historical reputation of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, owes more to his second wife, Sophia Raffles, than to any other person. Lady Raffles's Memoir traces Raffles's remarkable career from its humble beginnings as a junior clerk in the East India Company's offices in London, to his becoming Lieutenant-Governor of Java and its dependencies during the Napoleonic Wars, and of West Sumatra during 1818-24, when he founded Singapore and laid down the regulations for its government. |
| Illustrations: |
maps, charts, aquatints, halftone |
| Publication: |
Australia |
| Imprint: |
OUP Australia and New Zealand |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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