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*[https://archive.org/details/landofwhiteeleph00vinc ''The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia : A personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. (1871-2)''] by Frank Vincent Jun. 1874. With numerous illustrations. Archive.org. Also available at [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:006/ Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions] in an 1873 edition. | *[https://archive.org/details/landofwhiteeleph00vinc ''The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia : A personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. (1871-2)''] by Frank Vincent Jun. 1874. With numerous illustrations. Archive.org. Also available at [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:006/ Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions] in an 1873 edition. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org | ||
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:040 ''Temples and Elephants: the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through Upper Siam and Lao''] by Carl Alfred Bock 1884. With images. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University Library. Note the digital file may be very slow to open. A trip commencing in Singapore in June 1881. Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003549C British Library Digital Collection] with [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003549C#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=478&z=-1246.6228%2C0%2C3835.2455%2C3369 Map] | |||
*[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/cu31924084657141 ''To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's Yacht 'Sans Peur'''] by Florence Caddy 1889 Archive.org. | ||
*''Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896'' by H Warington Smyth, formerly Director of the Department of Mines in Siam. 1898. With Maps and Illustrations by the author. | *''Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896'' by H Warington Smyth, formerly Director of the Department of Mines in Siam. 1898. With Maps and Illustrations by the author. | ||
Revision as of 08:45, 28 May 2017
Thailand was previously known as Siam.
Records
- See General Register Office for general sources which may be relevant.
- Some incidental records relating to Siam, especially BMDs for the 19th century, may have been collected by the Anglo-Burmese Library. Refer Burma - External links
External links
Historical books online
- The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the years 1821-2. From the journal of the late George Finlayson, Surgeon and Naturalist to the Mission. 1826 Archive.org . A Mission sent by the Governor General of Bengal.
- The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe: Birmah, Siam, and Anam 1826. With a Map of Indo-China. The author is catalogued as Josiah Conder. Archive.org.
- The Burney Papers. [Papers relating to Captain H. Burney's mission to Siam in 1825.] vol. 1-vol. 5, pt. 1. Publication Details: Bangkok : Printed by order of the Committee of the Vajirañāṇa National Library, 1910-1914. Henry Burney Wikipedia. He joined the East India Company in 1807.
- Burney Papers Vol.1 To 5 (list Of Contents) 1915. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
- Volume I. nla.gov.au. Consists of V.1, pt.1. Oct. 1825-Apr. 1826.--pt.2. May-June 1826.--pt.3. May-Sept.1826.--pt.4. Feb. 1822-Aug. 1825. However, paging is continuous.
- Volume II nla.gov.au. Part I (January to June, 1825)
- Part II (May 1824 to July 1826)
- Part III (August 1825 to March 1825)
- Part IV (November 1824 to June 1827
- Part V (February 1825 to October 1827)
- Part VI (January 1826 to February 1831)
- Each part is separately numbered.
- Volume III nla.gov.au. V.3, pt.1. Mar. 1827-June 1833.--pt.2. Aug. 1830-June 1840. Page numbering is continuous.
- Volume IV nla.gov.au. Part I (February 1838 to March 1849)
- Part 2 (March 1841 to December 1846)
- Each part is separately numbered.
- Volume V nla.gov.au. Part 1 (Retrospect of British policy from the period of the first establishment of Penang 17th July 1786-1839). Only Part 1 was published.
- The files from nla.gov.au are available to read online, or to download.
- Burney Papers Vol.2; Pt.1 To 3 1911. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
- Burney Papers Vol.4; Pt. 1 To 2) 1913. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
- Burney Papers Volume I, Parts I, 2; Volume II, Parts 2, 4; Volume IV, Parts1, 2, 4? are available at DSpace, National Library of Malaysia, as pdf downloads. Note this website may only be available at certain times and/or is often unavailable due to maintenance. Try again at another time.
- Journal of a Nine Months' Residence in Siam by Jacob Tomlin, Missionary 1831 Archive.org.
- Narrative of a residence at the capital of the Kingdom of Siam : with a description of the manners, customs, and laws of the modern Siamese by Fred. Arthur Neale 1852 Archive.org
- The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia : A personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. (1871-2) by Frank Vincent Jun. 1874. With numerous illustrations. Archive.org. Also available at Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions in an 1873 edition.
- A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org
- Temples and Elephants: the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through Upper Siam and Lao by Carl Alfred Bock 1884. With images. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University Library. Note the digital file may be very slow to open. A trip commencing in Singapore in June 1881. Also available British Library Digital Collection with Map
- To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's Yacht 'Sans Peur' by Florence Caddy 1889 Archive.org.
- Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896 by H Warington Smyth, formerly Director of the Department of Mines in Siam. 1898. With Maps and Illustrations by the author.
- Volume I Archive.org
- Volume I, Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library
- Volume I with General Index Map; Volume II British Library Digital Collection.
- A Padre in Partibus: being notes and impressions of a brief holiday tour through Java, the Eastern Archipelago and Siam ... Reprinted from the “Singapore Free Press.” by G. M. Reith, (George Murray), 1897. Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions. Also available in the British Library Digital Collection
- An English-Siamese Pronouncing Hand-Book. Prepared from the manuscript of the late WH McFarland by the late E H McFarland, revised and enlarged by Geo B McFarland 2nd edition 1900. Archive.org.
- "French Indo-China" by A Cotterell Tupp. Proceedings of the Central Asian Society May 1906. Archive.org
- Twentieth century impressions of Siam: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, with which is incorporated an abridged edition of Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya edited by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
- Bibliotheca Indosinica: Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à la péninsule indochinoise [Biblioteca Indosinica: Bibliographic dictionary of books on the Indochinese Peninsula] by Henri Cordier 1912 Archive.org. "Siam" Volume I, page 713-714 digital file page 357. Includes English publications. Contents; Index of authors; Alphabetical Index all volumes.
- Chequered Leaves from Siam by Eric Reid 1913 Archive.org. Some of the sketches first appeared in the newspapers Singapore Free Press, Siam Observer, Ceylon Observer and the Bangkok Times. The author elsewhere is stated to be a former British vice-consul of Siam and editor of the Siam Observer.
- 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.
- Guide to Bangkok: with Notes on Siam 1927. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand.
- A Captive on a German Raider by F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917, had been in government service for twenty years in Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.