Publisher:
2004
NEW. A modern reprint of the scarce work of 1911. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp xvi, 172, paperback, very good copy. [What is most captivating about this book is the eloquent style of its author, Eda Green, in describing the geography of the land, its history and customs of its peoples. Much of the text is focused on Sarawak during the era of the White Rajah. Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah, landed in Sarawak in 1839 and in 1847, during a visit to England, he appealed to the church at home to help him establish a mission in Sarawak. The first church was consecrated in 1851. The next sixty...
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