Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, March 1st, 2000
Bencoolen. A History of the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825. By ALAN HARFIELD. Barton-on-Sea: A & J Partnership, 1995. Pp. xx, 624. Maps, Plans, illustrations, Bibliography, Index. This rather large book is a history of the English military garrisons on the West Coast of Sumatra from the late seventeenth century until Bengkulu was ceded to the Netherlands by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. The framework for the narrative is provided by documents contained in the India Office and other collections in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France an...
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