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Java: a man and a woman of mixed race (Dutch and Javanese), with the woman holding a young child in her arms, standing outside a plantation; right an ape of Java (orangoutan?). Etching by F. Garden, 1752.

Javanese dancers, with men on the left and women on the right, accompanied by a musician. Engraving by T. de Bry.

A Javanese girl dancing with long scarves tied to her waist. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, 1817.

Javanese people playing the gamelan. Engraving.

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Voyages to the East Indies / Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schweitzer ; with introduction and notes by C. Ernest Fayle.

Beschouwingen omtrent verbreiding en besmettingswijze van pest, in verband met waarneming en proefondervindelijk onderzoek op java : academisch proefschrift ... / door Louis Otten.

Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

BMA world tour : Alternative itinerary. Part 5.

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Voyages to the East Indies / Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schweitzer ; with introduction and notes by C. Ernest Fayle.

Beschouwingen omtrent verbreiding en besmettingswijze van pest, in verband met waarneming en proefondervindelijk onderzoek op java : academisch proefschrift ... / door Louis Otten.

Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

BMA world tour : Alternative itinerary. Part 5.