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Java and the East Indies

Public domain audiobook

Java and the East Indies

by Frank G. Carpenter

English· 07:43:15· 33 chapters
Another installment in Carpenter's travels of the world. This time we visit Java, the East Indies, Sumatra, Borneo, The Moluccas, New Guinea, Celebes and the Malay Peninsula. (Summary by Betty)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Just a Word Before We Start

    03:36
  2. Chapter 2

    In Old Batavia

    13:12
  3. Chapter 3

    A Day at Weltervreden

    11:36
  4. Chapter 4

    Dutch Rule in the East Indies

    14:05
  5. Chapter 5

    How Java Paid Its Way

    08:43
  6. Chapter 6

    On a Big Tea Plantation

    17:03
  7. Chapter 7

    The Netherlands India Army

    11:45
  8. Chapter 8

    In and Around Bandong

    20:03
  9. Chapter 9

    How Quinine is Produced

    18:55
  10. Chapter 10

    Across Java by Rail

    10:22
  11. Chapter 11

    In the Rice Fields

    08:36
  12. Chapter 12

    The Initiation of a Prince

    12:16
  13. Chapter 13

    Within the Sultan's Palace City

    10:16
  14. Chapter 14

    The Women of Java

    17:32
  15. Chapter 15

    The Shrine of a Thousand Buddhas

    21:12
  16. Chapter 16

    The Sultan of Solo

    21:50
  17. Chapter 17

    On the Coffee Estates

    14:46
  18. Chapter 18

    Volcanoes of the Land of Fire

    11:06
  19. Chapter 19

    The Sand Sea and the Bromo

    10:10
  20. Chapter 20

    Surabaya, the Sugar Centre

    16:31
  21. Chapter 21

    Colonial Life in the Dutch East Indies

    18:15
  22. Chapter 22

    Cruising Through the Sunda Sea

    09:38
  23. Chapter 23

    The Rajah of Lombok as Tax Collector

    07:49
  24. Chapter 24

    Celebes and the Moluccas

    06:44
  25. Chapter 25

    The Home of Birds of Paradise

    16:07
  26. Chapter 26

    Tattooed Debutantes and Wasp-Waisted Men

    18:11
  27. Chapter 27

    Borneo, An Outpost of Colonization

    17:03
  28. Chapter 28

    The Head-Hunting Dyaks

    17:32
  29. Chapter 29

    About Sumatra

    22:48
  30. Chapter 30

    Singapore, A Gateway of the Orient

    17:55
  31. Chapter 31

    Chinese Workers and Malay Drones

    19:11
  32. Chapter 32

    John Bull in Malaya

    10:34
  33. Chapter 33

    The Sultan of Johore

    07:53