Memoir of the Conquest of Java
Author : William Thorn
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Page : 458 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 1815
Category : British
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 458 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 373 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
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Author : William Thorn
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 369 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1815
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1815
Category : Indonesia
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Author : William Thorn
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 146290470X
Originally published in 1815, Major William Thorn's The Conquest of Java describes the military and naval elements of the British expeditionary force to Java in 1811. It was a time of unrest in Europe. Napoleon was at the height of his power and had taken control of Holland and its colonies in Asia. In August 1810, Britain's Lord Minto, Governor General of India, was ordered by the English East India Company to expel "the enemy" from the Island of Java. On August 4, 1811 a fleet of 100 British ships, carrying 12,000 soldiers, landing in the Bay of Batavia. Among the landing party was the ambitious young company employee from Penang who originally masterminded the plan to take Java, and become Lieutenant–Governor of the island at the tender age of 30. This was none other than Thomas Stamford Raffles who, eight years later, would found Singapore. The Conquest of Java provides a unique and scrupulously detailed account of the British military campaign to wrest control of the island. Written by an officer who took part, Major William Thorn, and lavishly illustrated with 35 color plates, this historically important book provides a wealth of statistical and anecdotal information about Java and its environs.
Author : William THORN (Major.)
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Page : 369 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 1815
Category : Java (Indonesia)
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1993
Category : British
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Author : William Thorn
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Page : 369 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 1815
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