The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of PiracyHenry, Sir Keppel
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of Piracy
Henry, Sir Keppel
Travel
Book language: English
400 pages
A travel and naval narrative from 1846 by Captain Henry Keppel, describing the voyage of HMS Dido to Borneo and operations against piracy. It includes extracts from the journal of James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. Listen for a firsthand Victorian view of Southeast Asia and Brooke's career.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE EXPEDITION TO BORNEO OF H. M. S. DIDO FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY: WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF JAMES BROOKE, ESQ., OF SARĀWAK, (Now Agent for the British Government in Borneo). BY CAPTAIN THE HON. HENRY KEPPEL, R. N. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
82 CLIFF STREET. 1846. TO THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE. My dear Father, You could scarcely have anticipated, from my profession, the dedication of a book in testimony of my gratitude and affection; but, having had the good fortune to acquire the friendship of Mr. James Brooke, and to be intrusted by him with a narrative of his extraordinary career in that part of the world where the services of the ship I commanded were required, I am not without a hope that the accompanying pages may be found worthy of your approval, and not altogether uninteresting to my country. I am, my dear father, Your affectionate son, Henry Keppel. Droxford, January, 1846.
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