Java and the East Indies

by Frank G. Carpenter

33 chapters7h 43mEnglish1925

About this book

Another installment in Carpenter's travels of the world. This time we visit Java, the East Indies, Sumatra, Borneo, The Moluccas, New Guinea, Celebes and the Malay Peninsula. (Summary by Betty)

Chapters (33)

1Just a Word Before We Start

216

2In Old Batavia

792

3A Day at Weltervreden

696

4Dutch Rule in the East Indies

845

5How Java Paid Its Way

523

6On a Big Tea Plantation

1023

7The Netherlands India Army

705

8In and Around Bandong

1203

9How Quinine is Produced

1135

10Across Java by Rail

622

11In the Rice Fields

516

12The Initiation of a Prince

736

13Within the Sultan's Palace City

616

14The Women of Java

1052

15The Shrine of a Thousand Buddhas

1272

16The Sultan of Solo

1310

17On the Coffee Estates

886

18Volcanoes of the Land of Fire

666

19The Sand Sea and the Bromo

610

20Surabaya, the Sugar Centre

991

21Colonial Life in the Dutch East Indies

1095

22Cruising Through the Sunda Sea

578

23The Rajah of Lombok as Tax Collector

469

24Celebes and the Moluccas

404

25The Home of Birds of Paradise

967

26Tattooed Debutantes and Wasp-Waisted Men

1091

27Borneo, An Outpost of Colonization

1023

28The Head-Hunting Dyaks

1052

29About Sumatra

1368

30Singapore, A Gateway of the Orient

1075

31Chinese Workers and Malay Drones

1151

32John Bull in Malaya

634

33The Sultan of Johore

473

Java and the East Indies

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Chapters (33)

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