BROOKE, JAMES, MUNDY, RODNEY
Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes, down to the occupation of Labuan: from the journals of James Brooke, esq. (...) Together with a narrative of the operations of H.M.S. Iris. by Captain Rodney Mundey. With numerous plated, maps, charts and woodcuts. Complete in 2 volumes.
London, John Murray, 1848.
(XII) 385, (XI) 395 pp. Cloth. *bindings rebacked, library stamps on endpapers and title pages, remnants of stickers on spines, stamp on portrait Brooke, otherwise in a good condition*
From the former library Henrik Kramer Instituut Oegstgeest and Utrechtse zendingsvereeniging.
In the nineteenth century, James Brooke (1803-1866), English gentleman-adventurer, ensured that Borneo would figure in Western imaginations and encyclopedias as rather more, or less, than Pigafetta's luminous projection. Aided by british naval might and complacent locals, Brooke suppressed piracy in Sarawak, in return securing a pledge granting him sole rights to the district."
Boeknummer 645935 € 1100.00