Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes down to the Occupation of Labuan: from the Journals of James Brooke Esq. Rajah of Sarawak and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the Operations of H.M.S. Iris. By Capt. Rodney Mandy. 2 vols. ...

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London: John Murray 1848. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. With 2 frontispieces num. full-page illusts. and 5 fold. maps of which 1 is coloured. A good complete uncut set with publishers' adverts at end of each volume. NOTE: Brooke was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. (Mundy as a captain was deployed to the East Indies Station and was asked to keep the Sultan of Brunei in line until the British Government made a final decision on whether to take the island of Labuan).