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Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N.
A Visit to the Indian Archipelago in H.M. Ship Meander.
Henry Keppel was an English naval officer. He undertook extensive voyages to the East and West Indies. After meeting James Brooke in 1842, in Singapore, the two campaigned against piracy in the region. From 1844 to 1847 Keppel was retired until he returned to Borneo in the Maeander to assist Brooke in combatting piracy. Keppel served in the Crimean War and fought in the Second Opium War in 1857. His Visit to the Indian Archipelago records his voyages with Brooke from Rio De Janeiro to Singapore and Borneo. Along the way, Keppel encounters wild hogs, tigers, water buffalo, and pirates on the rivers and seas. A great deal of his writing is devoted to his time spent in Malaysia, specifically in the regions of Labuan and Sarawak. Keppel also reports on the diseases his crew and James Brooke suffer, referring to "Labuan Fever". Descriptions of the Dyak people are given by Keppel, and his encounters with Sepoys are recorded
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- Published
- London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington St, 1853
- References
- Abbey Travel II 549; H. Cordier: Indosinica 1467. TOYO BUNKO: CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES ON SOUTH-EAST ASIA IN THE TOYO BUNKO, p.142.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington St, 1853
- Ref
- 1612
London 1853, Bentley. New red cloth spine over original red gilt and blind stamped cloth; spines sunned. 2 vols., 302+286p 9 tinted lithographed plates, a foldout map to rear of vol 1, illustrated by O. W. Brierley, an excellent copy, complete copy. SCARCE. The Meander visited Brunei and Port Essington, Cape York, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Sydney, Hobart Town, Norfolk Island, etc. The work includes an account of the natives of Northern Australia. Capt. Keppel was instructed to take James Brooke from England to Labuan in 1847, where Brooke was appointed Governor of the new colony. Keppel also accompanied Brooke to N. Borneo and the Philippines, and this account covers an important period in the history of British Borneo. Includes a reprint of Brooke's journals from Labuan & Sarawak and also an account of the natives of Australia. Piracy in the China Seas, regatta at Macao, interview with the Portuguese Governor, assa-assination of Gov. Do Amaral, the explosion of the Dona Maria Frigate. Manila, rivers, cities, villages, manufactures, perils of Nobility. A superb primary resource and a great travel narrative within S.E. Asia, and the S. China seas, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore &c. Sir Henry Keppel [1809-1904] was promoted captain in 1837 and appointed in 1841 to go to China to defeat the Malayasian pirates who plagued the S. China seas and British shipping. The second voyage to suppress the same pirates was repeated in 1847 when Keppel commanded the H.M.S. "Meander." Signed by a previous owner, 'D.E.M. Fiennes', November 1950. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. H.M.S. Meander, casting from Spithead. 2. Man Overboard. 3. Fresh Water Lake, Cagayan Sooloo. 4. Ship on Shore. Volume 2. 1. Santobong Entrance. 2. Volcanic Mountain, Comba Island. 3. Native Bier - Port Essington. 4. Banda.