Sir Stamford Raffles and Some of His Friends and Contemporaries. A Memoir of the Founder of Singapore

by John Bastin

A$135 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Singapore. World Scientific. 2019. Stock ID #215909 x + 477pp, bibliography, index. Paperback covers trifle worn, a very good copy. 25.5 x 18cm. An alternative biographical account of Raffles, as seen through his relationship with some of his closest friends and contemporaries. The people featured include the naturalists Joseph Arnold, Thomas Horsfield and Nathaniel Wallich, and the orientalist John Leyden.

• Binding: Paperback

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