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*[https://archive.org/details/journalofjohnjou00jour ''The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago''] edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofjohnjou00jour ''The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago''] edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
*''The Burney Papers''.  Cover the period 1825 to 1849.  See [[Thailand]].
*''The Burney Papers''.  Cover the period 1825 to 1849.  See [[Thailand]].
*''Travels in south-eastern Asia: embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China with notices of numerous missionary stations and a full account of the Burman Empire'' by Howard Malcom
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 Volume I],[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1  Volume II] 2nd edition, 1839 (2 Volumes in 1) Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/travelsinsouthea00malc_0 Tenth American edition [with deletions<nowiki>]</nowiki> c 1855] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsamongma00yvanrich ''Six months among the Malays, and a year in China''] by Dr Yvan, Physician to the scientific mission sent by France to China,  1855 Archive.org.  The book appears to be translations  of extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/defranceenchine00yvangoog ''De France en Chine''] by Melchior Yvan 1855 Archive.org. This expedition departed France December 1843.
*[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsamongma00yvanrich ''Six months among the Malays, and a year in China''] by Dr Yvan, Physician to the scientific mission sent by France to China,  1855 Archive.org.  The book appears to be translations  of extracts from the book [https://archive.org/details/defranceenchine00yvangoog ''De France en Chine''] by Melchior Yvan 1855 Archive.org. This expedition departed France December 1843.


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*[https://archive.org/details/goldenchersonese00birduoft ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither''] by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif  Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version]
*[https://archive.org/details/goldenchersonese00birduoft ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither''] by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif  Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version]
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist,  US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.  
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist,  US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.  
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924084657141 ''To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's yacht 'Sans peur'''] by  Florence Caddy 1889 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134236 ''Malay Sketches''] by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134236 ''Malay Sketches''] by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/campingtrampingi00rath ''Camping And Tramping In Malaya: Fifteen years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula''] by  Ambrose B  Rathborne 1898 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/campingtrampingi00rath ''Camping And Tramping In Malaya: Fifteen years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula''] by  Ambrose B  Rathborne 1898 Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu3192402312277 ''Historical tombstones of Malacca, mostly of Portuguese origin, with the inscriptions in detail and illustrated by numerous photographs''] by  Robert Norman Bland 1905 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu3192402312277 ''Historical tombstones of Malacca, mostly of Portuguese origin, with the inscriptions in detail and illustrated by numerous photographs''] by  Robert Norman Bland 1905 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/malaytinfieldsmi00stokrich ''Malay Tin-fields; mining position broadly reviewed''] by  Ralph S. G Stokes1906 Archive.org Reprinted from the ''Straits Times''
*[https://archive.org/details/malaytinfieldsmi00stokrich ''Malay Tin-fields; mining position broadly reviewed''] by  Ralph S. G Stokes1906 Archive.org Reprinted from the ''Straits Times''
*[https://archive.org/details/inmalayforests00maxwrich ''In Malay Forests''] by George Maxwell 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inmalayforests00maxwrich ''In Malay Forests''] by George Maxwell 1907 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/malayforestsin00maxwrich  2nd edition 1911] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishmalayaacc00swet ''British Malaya; an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya''] by Sir Frank Swettenham, late Governor of the Straits Colony 1907 Archive.org, with a [https://archive.org/stream/britishmalayaacc00swet#page/n472/mode/1up 1906 Map of the Malay Peninsula]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134368 ''Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134368 ''Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/kelantanstateofm00grah ''Kelantan''] [a State of the Malay Peninsula; a handbook of information by  Walter Armstrong Graham] 1908 Archive.org with [https://archive.org/stream/kelantanstateofm00grah#page/n274/mode/1up Map of Kelantan]
*[https://archive.org/details/kelantanstateofm00grah ''Kelantan''] [a State of the Malay Peninsula; a handbook of information by  Walter Armstrong Graham] 1908 Archive.org with [https://archive.org/stream/kelantanstateofm00grah#page/n274/mode/1up Map of Kelantan]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023038106 ''The Far East revisited; essays on political, commercial, social, and general conditions in Malaya, China, Korea and Japan''] by  A. Gorton Angier 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924077183295 ''Through the Malay Archipelago''] by Emily Richings 1909 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ThreemonthsPaha00Hubb ''Three Months in Pahang in Search of Big Game : A Reminiscence of Malaya''] by  Theodore R Hubback,  1912 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011085457 ''Federated Malay States Railways : pamphlet of information for travellers : tours in the Malay Peninsula''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011085457 ''Federated Malay States Railways : pamphlet of information for travellers : tours in the Malay Peninsula''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011085457#page/n24/mode/1up Map of Penang]  
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011085457#page/n24/mode/1up Map of Penang]  
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*[https://archive.org/details/Tapiocaitsmanyu00EsCh ''Tapioca and its many uses : a rice substitute for Malaya''] by Leopold Es Chasseriau, 1919. Archive.org. A reprint from the ''Pinang Gazette''
*[https://archive.org/details/Tapiocaitsmanyu00EsCh ''Tapioca and its many uses : a rice substitute for Malaya''] by Leopold Es Chasseriau, 1919. Archive.org. A reprint from the ''Pinang Gazette''
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023392750 ''Trapping Wild Animals in Malay Jungles''] by Charles Mayer 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023392750 ''Trapping Wild Animals in Malay Jungles''] by Charles Mayer 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048931 ''In Rubber Lands : an account of the work of the church in Malaya''] by C E  Ferguson-Davie, 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151933  ''British North Borneo : an Account of its History, Resources, and Native Tribes''] by Owen Rutter 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/Malaypoisonscha00Giml ''Malay Poisons and Charm Cures'']  by John D Gimlette, Residency Surgeon of Kelantan, 2nd revised edition 1923, first edition  1915. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/Malaypoisonscha00Giml ''Malay Poisons and Charm Cures'']  by John D Gimlette, Residency Surgeon of Kelantan, 2nd revised edition 1923, first edition  1915. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151933  ''British North Borneo : an Account of its History, Resources, and Native Tribes''] by Owen Rutter 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Agricultural&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc ''Malayan Agricultural Journal'']. Multiple volumes, broken range of  issues 1920s onwards. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Agricultural&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc ''Malayan Agricultural Journal'']. Multiple volumes, broken range of  issues 1920s onwards. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
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*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofmalayaa00kenn ''A History of Malaya, A.D. 1400-1959''] by J Kennedy 1962. Archive.org Lending Library. Before you can borrow this book, you must register. Only one person at a time is able to borrow the book, so you perhaps may need to wait until the book is returned..
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257854 ''The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605''] by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”<ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28]</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257854 ''The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605''] by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”<ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28]</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/b21505019 ''Hilda's "Where is it?" of recipes : containing, amongst other practical and tried recipes, many old Cape, Indian, and Malay dishes and preserves: also directions for polishing furniture, cleaning silk, etc. and a collection of home remedies in case of sickness''] by Hildagonda J Duckitt 1908 edition Archive.org. First published 1891. The author lived at the Cape of Good Hope.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:33, 18 June 2016

Also see Straits Settlements

Records

  • BACSA have published the following books:
    • Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia by Justin Corfield, 2000. 108pp, 27 illustrations and plan
    • Kota Bharu (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Hamzah Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 1999. 24pp, 23 illustrations and plan
    • Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): St Mary's Cathedral and the Jalan Birch Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 24pp, 5 illustrations
    • Seremban, Malaysia: Graves in St Mark's Churchyard, and the Anglican Section of the Seremban Cemetery by E Beavington and Justin Corfield, 2000. 56pp, 11 illustrations
    • Teluk Anson (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Anderson Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 20pp, 14 illustrations and plan
For details including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.

Military Operations

External links

"Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900" by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From The Routledge History of Food 2015 (pp. 131-155)
"Mrs Beeton in Malaya" by Janice Loo. BiblioAsia Volume 9 Issue. 3 October-December 2013. ywca.org.sg

Historical books online

Note this website is often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
  • [Digital] Sejarah Melayu Library (abrizain.org) has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, with some to also read as text. Click on the titles for further details of the author and year published. If you prefer to read original images, look at the text version (if available), as for some books, it may be apparent they are available on websites such as Archive.org or Google Books. Books available include
    • An extensive collection of Journals of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SBRAS) which became the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS). Click on individual journal issues, and the contents will be shown. These do not seem to be complete issues, but selected articles.
    • The War in Malaya by Lt-Gen A E Percival 1949. Located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.
  • The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617 : describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago edited by William Foster. Printed for the Hakluyt Society . Second Series, Volume XVI. 1905 Archive.org. The author was in the service of the East India Company.
  • The Burney Papers. Cover the period 1825 to 1849. See Thailand.
  • Travels in south-eastern Asia: embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China with notices of numerous missionary stations and a full account of the Burman Empire by Howard Malcom
Volume I,Volume II 2nd edition, 1839 (2 Volumes in 1) Google Books. Tenth American edition [with deletions] c 1855 Archive.org
Multiple volumes: Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, including Index To All The Journals Nos.1-86 Of The Straits Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol.5 Pt.4 1927
Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Multiple volumes, broken range from Volume 1 1923. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
"Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States" page 225 The India Rubber World April 1, 1904 Archive.org
Return to Malaya R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910, see previous book.

References

  1. Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930, Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.
  2. "The Planter’s Life" by Christopher Hale, January 2013.
  3. The Spectator Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28