Title from caption. Published in: The monthly magazine, vol. 43, supplementary no. 300 (July 31,1817), pages 598-622. Begins with: "We have seen no work, since the Voyages of Cook and Macartney, more creditable to our national literature than these volumes by Governor Raffles. They are at once original and interesting, novel and authetic, splendid and useful..." Private library of Dr John Sturgus Bastin; East Sussex, United Kingdom; Direct purchase; March 2015. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British statesman, who is best remembered as the founder of Singapore. Raffles was Lieutenant-Governor of Java in 1811, and instrumental in maintaining the British strongholds in the Dutch East Indies. Rare material - handle and store according to library's policy for handling and storing such material. John Bastin Collection (B29267901C) (Catalogue ref: III/8).