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Raffles and the golden opportunity, 1781-1826

Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasive founder of Singapore and Governor of Java. An English adventurer, disobedient employee of the East India Company, utopian imperialist, linguist, zoologist and civil servant, he carved an extraordinary (though brief) life for hims...

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Main Author: Glendinning, Victoria (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Profile Books 2012
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Raffles, Thomas Stamford > Sir > 1781-1826
Statesmen > Great Britain > Biography
Colonial administrators > Indonesia > Biography
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