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*[https://archive.org/details/NicoloDeContisEarlyFifteenthCenturyTravelsInTheEast "Early Fifteenth Century Travels in the East: Nicolò de' Conti of Venice"]. From the 1579 translation by John Frampton, with notes by Kennon Breazeale. ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'' Vol 2, No 2 Autumn 2004. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/EditorialIntroductionToNicolDeContisAccountByKennonBreazeale "Editorial Introduction to Nicolò de' Conti'€s Account"] by Kennon Breazeale from the same ''SOAS Bulletin''. Archive.org. For additional online accounts of Nicolò de' Conti, see [[Travel accounts online]].
*[https://archive.org/details/ralphfitchenglan00rylerich ''Ralph Fitch, England's Pioneer to India and Burma. His Companions and Contemporaries. With his Remarkable Narrative Told in his Own Words''] by J. Horton Ryley. 1899 Archive.org. Fitch was active 1583-1606.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/81816 ''Early English Intercourse With Burma 1587-1743''] by D G E Hall 1928. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81816 Archive.org version], originally from the Digital Library of India. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=w-4rBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1 Preview Google Books reprint of the 1968 edition]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WK8-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA55 "Pegu, Ava and Arracan"] page 55 ''The New Universal Traveller: Containing a Full and Distinct Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms, and States, in the Known World'' by J Carver 1779 Google Books
*''Oriental Repertory'' by Alexander Dalrymple ''Volume 1'' 1793 and ''Volume 2'' 1808 contain a number of references to early Burma. See [[Scientific books online]]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JG0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Practical sailing directions and coasting guide from the Sand Heads to Rangoon, Maulmain, Akyab, and vice versa. To which is added, Directions for the entire Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca''] by N Heckford Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Improved 1871 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044088758248?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Journal of a Voyage up the Irrawaddy to Mandalay and Bhamo''] by J Talboys Wheeler, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1871. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/journalavoyageu00wheegoog Archive.org version], note the latter is missing some pages.
:[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofin00wheeuoft/page/n5 ''A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1899. Printed in London. Archive.org
:''India and the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma'' by J Talboys Wheeler 1899 Printed in New York. [https://archive.org/details/indiafrontiersta01whee/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/indiafrontiersta02whee/page/n8 Volume II] Includes a supplementary chapter in Volume II, but otherwise the text is probably the same.
*[https://archive.org/details/ficuselasticainb00stre ''The Ficus elastica in Burma proper or a narrative of my journey in search of it : a descriptive account of its habits of growth and the process followed by the Kakhyens in the preparation of caoutchouc''] by G. W. Strettell 1876. Archive.org [Natural rubber, or India rubber]
*''Burma Past and Present, with Personal Reminiscences of the Country'' by Lieut-General Albert Fytche, late Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1878. [https://archive.org/details/burmapastandpre01fytcgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/burmapastpresen02fytc Volume II]. Archive.org. Includes details of his career in India and (mainly) Burma 1839-1871.
:[https://archive.org/stream/preciousstonesa03stregoog#page/n194/mode/2up "Burma Rubies"] page 153 ''Precious stones and gems, their history, sources and characteristics'' by Edwin William Streeter 6th Edition 1898 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005E37A ''Report on the Railway Connexion of Burmah and China ... with account of exploration-survey by H. S. Hallett. Accompanied by surveys, vocabularies and appendices''] by Archibald R Colquhoun 1888 British Library Digital Collection
 
*[https://archive.org/details/notesstatisticsi00burmrich ''Notes and statistics in four parts, compiled in the Office of the Chief Secretary to the Chief Commissioner''] Rangoon [https://archive.org/stream/notesstatisticsi00burmrich#page/n9/mode/2up Contents] 1893 Archive.org. Lists the cantonments, railway stations, Telegraph offices, Volunteer Regiments etc.
**[https://archive.org/stream/notesstatisticsi00burmrich#page/n288/mode/1up 1891 Outline Map of Burma]
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