Raffles: And The Golden Opportunity Victoria Glendinning Profile Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

By The Time Of His Death Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) Was Founder Singapore And Governor Java Having Left School In Early Teens To Become A Clerk For British East India Company Charismatic Daring Forged An Extraordinary Path Himself South Asia - Refusing Be Satisfied With Trading Posts Available He Defied Dutch Governors Wrangled Warring Local Rulers Establish What Is Now World City Ardent Linguist Zoologist Spoke Fluent Malay Found Write History As Well Naming Several Species Flora Fauna Discovered On Travels Founded London Zoo Promoted Study Alongside European Languages Southeast Remains Controversial Figure Utopian Imperialist Disobedient Employee Knight Realm Who Died Deeply Debt Predeceased All But One Children Built Racial Segregation Into Urban Planning Also Staunch Abolitionist Renowned Biographer Victoria Glendinning Charts Raffles\ Prodigious Rise This New Edition Specially Updated Bicentenary Foundation 1819 Life Short Complicated Shot Through Tragedy Fame Lives Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0927 Διαστάσεις: 13 4X13 4Cm