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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32059 ''History Of Burma''] by G E Harvey 1925. (later reprint edition) Full title: ''History of Burma : From the Earliest Times to 10 March, 1824, the Beginning of the English Conquest''. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/populardescripti00cond ''The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe: Birmah, Siam, and Anam''] 1826 Archive.org. With a [https://archive.org/stream/populardescripti00cond#page/n7/mode/1up Map of Indo-China]. The author is catalogued as Josiah Conder.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages(same file).
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LR9DAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA175 “General Remarks on the Coast of Arracan”] by Captain Laws, H M S Satellite. Read at a meeting 13 June 1831. ''The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume the First'' , published 1832. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.2453/page/n3/mode/2up ''Report on the Eastern Frontier of British India''] by Robert Boileau Pemberton 1835 Archive.org. There are no maps included.
*[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/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 [httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:006/ sea006 Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions] in an 1873 edition.
*[https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012884603 ''Our trip to Burmah. With notes on that country''] by Surgeon-General Charles Alexander Gordon, Army Medical Department, Principal Medical Officer, British Forces, Madras Presidency. 1877 Archive.org. A trip December 1874-February 1875.
*[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/cu31924075148001 ''A Thousand miles up the Irrawaddy : Burmah Proper''] by An Officer 1879 Archive.org. Final pages missing. A journey August- October 1878.
*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...'' by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879. [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
:[httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:354/#pagecatalog/8/mode/2up sea354 ''Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar''] by Colonel Pollock, Madras Staff Corps 1896. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University. [https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsremini00poll Archive.org version] . In 1853 the author was appointed to the Madras Sappers and Miners in Burma.
*''The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon'' by Hume and Marshall 1879. With coloured plates. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia01hume Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia02hume Volume II]. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia03hume Volume III].
*''The British Burma Gazetteer'': [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035010 Volume I] 1880 British Library Digital Collection. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105579 Volume 1 Archive.org version] 1880, mirror from Digital Library of India; [http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea ''Volume II''] A-Z 1879 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/n105/mode/2up "Burma"] page 71, ''And that reminds me
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India''
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org. The author was appointed District Superintendent of Police in Kyaukse District, Upper Burma c late 1880s
*[https://archive.org/details/amongpagodasfair00gasc ''Among Pagodas and Fair Ladies: an account of a tour through Burma''] by Gwendolen Trench Gascoigne 1896 Archive.org
*[http://seasiavisionsreader.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282docviewer/digital?id=sea282#page/10/mode/2up ''Wanderings in Burma''] by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University**[http://seasiavisionsreader.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282docviewer/digital?id=sea282#page/113/mode/1up Names of the English [Church of England<nowiki>]</nowiki> churches], page 87
:[https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11710026_000/mode/2up Archive.org version]
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034F0E ''Picturesque Burma, Past and Present''] by Mrs Ernest Hart 1897. British Library Digital Collection. With illustrations.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas05indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume V: Burma''] Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters, India. 1907 Archive.org
*''Colonial Administration in the Far East: The Province of Burma'' by Alleyne Ireland 1907 Archive.org. A report prepared on behalf of the University of Chicago. [https://archive.org/details/provinceburmaar03irelgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/stream/provinceburmaar03irelgoog#page/n20/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/details/provinceburmaar00irelgoog Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/provinceburmaar00irelgoog#page/n12/mode/2up Contents].
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91771/page/iii/mode/2up ''A Bachelor Girl in Burma''] by G E Mitton, containing ninety-five illustrations from photographs 1907. Archive.org. Also available [httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/bookreadercatalog/sea:300/#page/8/mode/1up sea300 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University]
*[https://archive.org/details/frompekingtoman01johngoog/page/n14 ''From Peking to Mandalay: A Journey from North China to Burma Through Tibetan Ssuchʻuan and Yunnan''] by R F Johnston 1908 Archive.org. Incomplete map. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49561/49561-h/images/i_map.jpg Map] from the [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49561 Gutenberg.org edition].
*[httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:362/#page/7/modecatalog/1up sea362 ''Twentieth century impressions of Burma : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1910 Southeast Asia Visions library.cornell.edu. [http://seasiavisionsreader.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:362docviewer/digital?id=sea362#page/1514/mode/1up 2up "Contents"] [http://seasiavisionsreader.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:362docviewer/digital?id=sea362#page/418/mode/1up 2up "Index"]. '''Note''', digital file may be very slow to open. *[httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/bookreadercatalog/sea:297/#page/6/mode/2up sea297 ''Experiences of a jungle-wallah''] by Hugh Nisbet 1910 Southeast Asia Visions. library.cornell.edu. The author worked for the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation from 1879. The company logged teak in the Burma forests
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/burmathroughcent00stuarich ''Burma Through The Centuries''] by John Stuart (Managing Proprietor, ''Rangoon Gazette'') 2nd edition Revised and Enlarged 1910 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/yearonirrawaddy0000empb/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Year on the Irrawaddy''] by E M P-B. 1911. Archive.org. Also available [httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:302 sea302 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University]. The author was the wife of a captain of an oil-steamer.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/biggameshooting00evangoog#page/n13/mode/1up ''Big Game Shooting in Upper Burma''] George Patrick Elystan Evans 1911 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/christianmission00pursiala ''Christian Missions in Burma''] by W C B Purser, Missionary of Kemendine, Rangoon 1911 Archive.org. Church of England Missions.
:[https://archive.org/details/burmeselonelines00enriiala ''A Burmese Loneliness: a tale of travel in Burma, the Southern Shan States and Keng Tung''] by Captain C M Enriquez, 21st Punjabis (Burma Military Police: 85th Burma Rifles) 1918 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/burmesewonderlan00enri ''A Burmese Wonderland : a Tale of Travel in Lower and Upper Burma''] by Major C M Enriquez, 3-70th Kachin Rifles, Divisional Recruiting Officer, Burma 1922 with a [https://archive.org/stream/burmesewonderlan00enri#page/n22/mode/1up Map of Burma] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/a-burmese-arcady-c-m-enriquez-1923/mode/2up ''A Burmese Arcady, an account of a long and intimate sojourn amongst the mountain dwellers of the Burmese hinterland and of their engaging characteristics and customs''] by Major C M Enriquez, [3/70th] Kachin Rifles. 1923. Archive.org. Also available [httphttps://seasiavisionsdigital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:017 sea017 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University].
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023047826 ''Forty years in Burma''] by Dr J E [John Ebenezer] Marks 1917 Archive.org. He went to Burma in 1859 as a layman for educational purposes in connection with the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel [SPG] at Maulmein. He was ordained Priest in 1866 in Calcutta, and subsequently returned to Burma, as an educational missionary, particularly at St John's College Rangoon, retiring in 1900.
*[httphttps://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgicatalog/t/text/text-idx?c=sea;cc=sea;q1=Calcutta;rgn=title;view=toc;idno=sea289 ''Tourist guide and shopping list : where to go, what to see, where to shop in Calcutta and Burma''] 1920 . Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023498458#page/n3/mode/2up ''Burma Pictures''] c 1920 Archive.org
*[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35269 ''Report on a visit to some salt workings in the Shwebo and Sagaing Districts, Upper Burma''] by F W Walker 1921 Digital Repository of GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune, India]
