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*''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
*''Views in the Eastern Archipelago: Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan, &c. &c. &c. from Drawings Made on the Spot by Captn Drinkwater Bethune, R. N. C. B. Commander L. G. Heath, R. N. And Others'' by J A St. John 1847. [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:140/ Text and images] seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu, but note the perspective looks odd when reading online. Perhaps a download may be preferable. [https://historyarchive.org/works/books/views-in-the-eastern-archipelago-1847 Images only] historyarchive.org. [https://www.scribd.com/document/21141187/Views-in-the-Eastern-Archipelago Transcription with images] scribd.com.
*[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/lettersfromsaraw00mcdoiala/page/n5 ''Letters from Sarawak : addressed to a child. Embracing the manners, customs and religion of the inhabitants of Borneo…''] by Mrs McDougall. Fourth Thousand. 1854 Archive.org
