conquest java von thorn william (7 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Originally published in 1815, Major William Thorn's The Conquest of Java describes the military and naval elements of the British expeditionary force to Java in 1811 as part of a plan to eliminate French influence from the Eastern Seas. Led by Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, a 55-year-old American who had fought on the side of the British during the American War of lndependence, the British invasion force which left India was by far the largest armament ever to enter the Eastern Seas-with nearly 12,000 men and 100 ships its size was unmatched until the second World War-and its importan. Summary:Bloody battles and ruthless intrigue come alive in this classic of military history! Pulsating with energy and adventure, Major William Thorn's "The Conquest of Java describes the British Invasion of Java in 1811. Scholars of warfare and Southeast Asian history will marvel at the detailed descriptions of everything from Batavia's fish market to herbal antidotes for poisonous dagger wounds.

Zustand: Very good.

Hardcover met stofomslag. Zustand: Good. Titel: Conquest of Java. Editie: Reprint. Jaar van uitgave: 1993. Taal: Engels. Prima strak boek met verkleurde rug en licht vlekkerige snede. Enkele gebruik-/opslagsporen.

Zustand: Very good.

8vo. XV, 664 S. Kt.-Einband der Zeit. Rücken nur noch in Stücken vorhanden mit großen Fehlstellen, Einband stark stockfleckig und knickspurig, Papier aufgequollen, stockfleckig, partiell mit Schimmelspuren, altersbedingt gebräunt, sämtliche Karten fehlen. Das Exemplar ist durch große Feuchtigkeitseinwirkungen gekennzeichnet, der Text ist aber gut und leserlich erhalten.

Singapore, Periplus Editions, 1993. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 35 maps and coloured plates. XXIV,370 pp. Nineteenth-century Java seen through the eyes of a soldier of the British empire: Memoir of the conquest of Java with the susequent operations of British forces in the Oriental Archipelago.