Java, the pearl of the East

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Title:: Java, the pearl of the East
Collection:: Southeast Asia Visions
Creator:: Higginson, Sarah Jane Hatfield
Date:: 1890
Extent:: 222 600dpi JPEG page images
Publisher:: Houghton, Mifflin and Co
Publication Place:: Boston ; New York
Format:: Book
Contents:: Front Matter
Chapter I. Eastward Bound.
Chapter II. The Straits of Sunda.
Chapter III. The First Visit of Europenas.
"Chapter IV. Volcanoes, Rivers, and General Aspects. "
Chapter V. Phenomena.
Chapter VI. Krakatoa.
Chapter VII. Soil and Climate.
Chapter VIII. Vegetation.
Chapter IX.Vegetable Fibers and Dyes.
Chapter X. Woods and Trees.
Chapter XI. Useful Animals.
Chapter XIIWild Animals and Game.
Chapter XIII. Feathered Game.
Chapter XIV. Reptiles
Chapter XV. The Population.
Chapter XVI. Houses and Dress.
Chapter XVII. Food and Cooking.
Chapter XVIII. Agriculture.
"Chapter XIX. Coffee, Tobacco, Pepper, Cotton, Indigo. "
Chapter XX. Land and Government.
Chapter XXI. Manufactures and Industries.
Chapter XXII. The Character and the People
Chapter XXIII. Religion and Rank.
Chapter XXIV. Some Customs and Amusements
Chapter XXV. The Language.
Chapter XXVI. Acient Temples and Palaces.
Chapter XXVII. Early Inhabitants.
Chapter XXVIII. Introduction of Mohammedanism.
Chapter XXIX. The Fall of Modjopahit.
Chapter XXX. Establishment of the New Faith.
Chapter XXXI. Usurpation by the Dutch.
Chapter XXXII. The Empire of the Dutch.
Chapter XXXIII. The Dutch East Indies.
Chapter XXXIV. Life in Batavia.
Chapter XXXV. Traveling in Java.
End Matter

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