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However the East India Company had some involvement as [[Bencoolen]] on the southside of the island of Sumatra, was occupied by the East India Company from 1685 to 1825, when it was exchanged with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful.
In 1811, the island of Java was captured by the Madras Army of the East india Company, see [[Java Expedition]] and Sir Stamford Raffles was appointed as the island's Governor. In 1814, Java was returned to the Dutch under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, but the British retained at least some control until 1816.
==Also see==
*Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website [https://www.delpher.nl Delpher] "Ruim 100 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 100 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. [https://www.delpher.nl/nl/platform/pages/helpitems?nid=385 Description page for Newspapers (Dutch language)], which advises the collection includes Dutch East Indies newspapers with a link to [https://www.kb.nl/kbhtml/delpher/documentatie/beschikbare_kranten_alfabetisch.pdf List of newspapers] (Dutch language). The following titles were noted (but there may be others) with first and last dates, but no details of the extent of the holding:
:''Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië'' 2-7-1900 to 22-12-1957
:''Java government gazette'' 29-2-1812 to 10-8-1816 . In English and Dutch. (The British were in control during this period.)
:''Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie'' 5-1-1853 to 30-11-1957
:''Javasche courant'' 3-1-1828 to 29-12-1847
==External links==
*[http://thedandelionshdl.wordpresshandle.comnet/1885/200811102 ''The Dutch East India Company and the Straits of Malacca, 1700-1784 : trade and politics in the eighteenth century''] by Dianne Lewis 1970 PhD Thesis Australian National University. Link to a download ANU.*[https:/11/11blogs.bl.uk/hasasian-somersetand-maughamafrican/2014/08/the-promotedbritish-malaysiacapture-moreof-thanjava-shahrukh-khan1811.html "The British capture of Java, 1811"] British Library Asian and African studies blog 11 August 2014.:[https:// Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouchrafflesandjavablog. The short stories by Wwordpress. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia com "Raffles and Borneo, written during the 1920s British Invasion of Java"] "Footnotes and 1930s, were typically concerned with Sidelights from the lives Story of the British imperial colonistInterregnum in Java". Includes details of a murder The British, (being the East India Company in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought India) ruled Java to be based1816. **[https://web.archive.org/web/20130114152847/http://www.maleisiepersee.befr/endoc/literature_william_somerset_maughamarch_0044-8613_1979_num_18_1_1514 "The Merchant Fleet of Java (1820-1850).html A list of the short stories Preliminary Survey"] by WF. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] wwwJ.A.maleisieBroeze ''Archipel'' Année 1979 [No.be, now an archived webpage] 18 pp.:See Historical books online, below251-269 persee.fr
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223134/https://www.historytoday.com/dunia-garcia-ontiveros/treasures-london-library-phrasebooks-and-shipwrecks Treasures from the London Library] historytoday.com, now an archived webpage. Describes the book ''The Planter’s Manual, an English, Dutch, Malay and Keh Chinese vocabulary'' by G Fraser Melbourn published Deli Sumatra 1894. Also available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01002451011 . The author was a tobacco planter.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheh Acheh] (Wikipedia)is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra . Under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 the British ceded their colonial possessions on Sumatra to the Dutch. In the treaty, the British described Aceh as one of their possessions, although they had no actual control over the Sultanate
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233358/http://www.indonesianhistory.info/placenameindex/a Digital Atlas of Indonesian History:Index by place name] includes Pedir (Pedie, Padir), a trading port in Acheh, visited by ships of the East India Company. indonesianhistory.info, now archived.
*[http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/12299 [Researching in<nowiki>]</nowiki> the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI)] by Matthew Minarchek, Department of History, Cornell University, May 26, 2015. dissertationreviews.org *[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouch. The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based. **[https://web.archive.org/web/20130114152847/http://www.maleisie.be/en/literature_william_somerset_maugham.html A list of the short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] www.maleisie.be, now an archived webpage.:See Historical books online, below. *The website ''Malayan Volunteers Group'' malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk includes a category [https://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk/sumatra.html Sumatra]*[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/11102 ''The Dutch East India Company Mainly 1930s and the Straits of Malacca, 1700-1784 : trade and politics in the eighteenth century''] by Dianne Lewis 1970 PhD Thesis Australian National University. Link to a download ANUWW2 period.
===Maps===
*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298421/ ''A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki> what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal etc. with many remarks not extant in any other map''] c1717- 1720 by Herman Moll, geographer. University of Texas. Also available [https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:cj82ks67n Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection at the Boston Public Library] and [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231221936/view National Library of Australia]. [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3426425 catalogue description from NLA].
*[http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sea:175#page/8/mode/2up ''A voyage to and from the island of Borneo, in the East Indies : with a description of the said island … Also a description of the islands of Canary, Cape Verd, Java, Madura; of the streights of Bally, the Cape of Good Hope, the Hottentots, the island of St. Helena, Ascension etc''] by Captain Daniel Beeckman 1718. The first chapter states he was in the service of the East India Company. He sailed from England October 1713. South East Asia Visions Cornell University Library. Note, may be very slow to open. [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:175 Catalogue entry] .
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4wAyDgrnHicC&pg=PR1 ''A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an Account of the Islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the City of Batavia. Of the Government and Political Conduct of the Dutch. Of the Empire of China, with a Particular Description of Canton ...''] 1762 Google Books. The Preface states the author was an officer in the service of the East India Company.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yx5MAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The History of Sumatra: containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island''] by William Marsden. Third edition with additions 1811 Google Books.The map has not been filmed. Also available in an [https://archive.org/details/historyofsumatra00mars Archive.org version] with [https://archive.org/stream/historyofsumatra00mars#page/n4/mode/1up Map]. First published 1783. The 2nd edition describes the author "late Secretary to the President and Council of Fort Marlborough".
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9QvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 Alexander Dalrymple 1737-1808] page 217 ''The General Biographical Dictionary: Volume 11''<ref>Full title ''The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 11</ref> by Alexander Chalmers 1813. Appointed a writer 1752 in Madras. Obtained a grant of the island of Balambangan (an island off North Borneo, now part of the Malaysian state of Sabah), controlled by the Sultan of Sulu (Sooloo) for the East India Company in 1763. Hydrographer.
:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2014/06/alexander-dalrymples-treaties-with-sulu-in-malay-and-tausug.html Alexander Dalrymple’s Treaties with Sulu in Malay and Tausug] 05 June 2014 British Library Asian and African studies blog.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9QddAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP8 ''Memoir of the Conquest of Java: With the Subsequent Operations of the British Forces, in the Oriental Archipelago. To which is Subjoined a Statistical and Historical Sketch of Java… with an Account of Its Dependencies''] by Major William Thorn, late Deputy Quarter-Master- General to the Forces serving in Java. 1815 Google Books.
*''The History of Java'' by Thomas Stamford Raffles 1817 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/b22012382_0001 Volume I] with [https://archive.org/stream/b22012382_0001#page/n593/mode/1up Map of Java], [https://archive.org/details/b22012382_0002 Volume II]. The Illustrations were later reprinted: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ANMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT4 ''Antiquarian, Architectural and Landscape Illustrations of the History of Java''] by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1844 Google Books. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yul.11816219_003_00?urlappend=%3Bseq=6 Hathi Trust edition], where the pages are able to be rotated.
*[https://archive.org/details/zoologicalresear00hors ''Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands''] by Thomas Horfield MD 1824 Archive.org. With coloured plates.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924089972123 ''Facts and Fancies about Java''] by Augusta de Wit 1900 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/oncanesugarproce00prinrich ''On cane sugar and the process of its manufacture in Java''] by H. C. Prinsen Geerligs, [Hendrik Coenraad] 1902 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/policyandadmini02daygoog ''The Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java''] by Clive Day 1904 . [https://archive.org/details/policyandadmini01daygoog 2nd book file] Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/fareasterntropic00ireluoft/page/160/mode/2up Java] page 160 ''The Far Eastern Tropics, Studies in the Administration of Tropical Dependencies: Hong Kong, British North Borneo, Sarawak, Burma, the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements, French Indo-China, Java, the Phillipine Islands'' by Alleyne Ireland 1905 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833 ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright 1908 Archive.org [[Ceylon]], [[Malaysia|Malaya]], Java, Sumatra
*''Java: Past & Present, a description of the most beautiful country in the world, its ancient history, people, antiquities, and products'' by Donald Maclaine Campbell, late British-Vice Consul, 1915 [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd01camp Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd02camp Volume II] with a [https://archive.org/stream/javapastpresentd02camp#page/n691/mode/1up Geological and Volcanos map] Archive.org
