Showing Raffles: The Man in His Moment by Victoria Glendinning
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Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasive founder of Singapore and Governor of Java. An English adventurer, disobedient employee of the East India Company, utopian imperialist, linguist, and zoologist he carved an extraordinary (though brief) life for himself in South East Asia. This book tells his story.
Important places
British Museum (100)London Zoo (6)
Borobudur (7)
Cheltenham (24)
Jakarta (39)
Kolkata (119)
London (7,094)
Melaka (10)
Padang (2)
Penang Island (11)
Surakarta (4)
Waterloo (58)
Yogyakarta (8)
Regions
Gloucestershire (215)Camden (291)
Jawa Tengah (70)
Aceh (7)
Jakarta Raya (42)
Sumatera Barat (37)
West Bengal (149)
Pulau Pinang (12)
Melaka (10)
Walloon Brabant (60)
Yogyakarta (8)
Countries
Belgium (736)Malaysia (210)
Netherlands (1,293)
France (7,260)
United Kingdom (21,421)
Singapore (212)
India (1,945)
Indonesia (484)
Japan (2,219)
Other geographical areas
Java Sea (22)Ganges Delta (41)
Java (88)
Malay Peninsula (116)
Sundarbans (127)
Ganges Plain (285)
Greater Sunda Islands (317)
Malay Archipelago (1,007)
Benelux (1,495)
South West (2,602)
South-Eastern Asia (2,613)
Indian subcontinent (2,765)
Southern Asia (3,549)
Greater London (7,856)