Sailing from Singapore across the equator, Eliza Scidmore travels through Java in the 1890s, from the Dutch colonial capital of Batavia and its native kampongs to cool hill stations, the great botanical garden and the volcanoes of the interior. She writes with humour about Dutch colonial ways and her hunt for the famous wonders of the island.
A sharp-eyed travel book by the writer remembered for bringing Japan’s cherry trees to Washington. Download the free EPUB.