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The Rare Materials Collection at the National Library, Singapore, contains more than 11,000 items and spans six centuries of history. The collection comprises books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, correspondence, and more, which together provide us with valuable insights into Singapore's history. This book presents a diverse selection of almost 50 of the rarest and most priceless items in the collection, including the Mao Kun Map, a recently-acquired Munshi Abdullah edition of the Sejarah Melayu, 19th century lithographs, Japanese reconnaissance maps, correspondence from Raffles, and even a football rule book in Jawi. Each item is described and analysed with an insightful essay and richly complemented with illustrations, helping to bring these stories from the stacks to life and lead us down new avenues of historical understanding.

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Singapore

History of Asia

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	30 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789811444982
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Writers:
Ang Seow Leng; Chung Sang Hong; Gracie Lee; Goh Yu Mei;
Jan van der Putten; Janice Loo; Jessie Yak; Joanna Tan; Juffri Supa at; Kevin Khoo;
Kong Leng Foong; Lee Meiyu; Lim Tin Seng; Liviniyah P.; Makeswary Periasamy;
Mazelan Anuar; Michelle Heng; Mok Ly Yng; Nadia Ramli; Nadirah Norruddin;
Ong Eng Chuan; Seow Peck Ngiam; Sundari Balasubramaniam; Timothy Pwee;
Vladimir Braginsky; Yosuke Watanabe; Zoe Yeo
Publication Project Team:
Amanda Chan; Ong Eng Chuan; Wong Siok Muoi;
Sharon Koh; Stephanie Pee; Veronica Chee
Editorial Consultants:
Francis Dorai; Jimmy Yap
Design and Production:
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
Printer:
Oxford Graphic Printers Pte Ltd
Published by:
National Library Board, Singapore
100 Victoria Street
#14-01 National Library Building
Singapore 188064
Email: ref
@
nlb.gov.sg
www.nlb.gov.sg
All rights reserved. National Library Board, Singapore, 2020.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
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reasonable care has been taken by the Publisher to ensure the accuracy of the
information in this publication, the Publisher accepts no legal liabilities whatsoever
for the contents of this publication.
All images used in this book, unless otherwise stated, are from the Collection of the
National Library, Singapore.
National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data
Names: Singapore. National Library Board, collector.
Title: Stories from the stacks : selections from the Rare Materials Collection
National Library Singapore.
Description: Singapore : National Library Board, Singapore : Marshall Cavendish
Editions, [2020] | Includes index.
Identifiers: OCN 1201501796 | e-ISBN: 978-981-14-4498-2
Subjects: LCSH: Singapore. National Library Board--Catalogs. | Rare library
materials--Singapore--Bibliography--Catalogs. | Rare books--Singapore--
Bibliography--Catalogs.
Classification: DDC 016.95957--dc23
THE STACKS
STORIES
from
SELECTIONS FROM THE RARE MATERIALS COLLECTION
NATIONAL LIBRARY SINGAPORE
6
Introduction
10
Ptolemy's Map of Southeast Asia
Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
(Southeast Asia, China and India)
12
From the Royal Courts to the People
Sejarah Melayu
(Malay Annals)
14
Contested Waters
Mare Libervm: sive, De ivre qvod Batavis competit ad Indicana
commercia dissertatio
(
Mare Liberum
; Freedom of the Seas)
16
The Market by the Sea
Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Clyde Terrace
Market, at Singapore, the 29th day of March, 1873 by the Rt.
Worshipful, the District Grand Master, W.H. Read Esq.
19
A Book of Early Dutch Expeditions to the East Indies
Begin ende Voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche
Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie
(Origin and Progress
of the United Netherlands Chartered East-India Company)
22
Glimpses into Liu Kang's Artistic Journey
Liu Kang Collection
26
Poems in Praise of Lord Muruga
jz
;
z
Pu
;
kiy tbNtyu
;
Ngupw
;
Wjpftp
(
Thanneermalai Vadivelarperil Thuthikavi
; Poems Sung in Praise
of Lord Muruga at Thanneermalai Temple)
28
Snapshots of Early Sarawak
Sarawak
31
Raffles in His Own Words
Autograph letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to his cousin,
Reverend Dr Thomas Raffles, with salutation "My dear cousin
34
A Literary Pioneer's Awakening
The Cough of Albuquerque
36
Two Early Studies of the Malay Language
(i)
Bahasa djawi ija itoe Malajoe. De Djawise dat is Malayse
taal ofte de Malayse letterkunde waarin het wesen. Der
Malayse taal in haare orthographia etymologia, en syntaxis
vertoond werd
(Jawi language, i.e. Malay language or
Literature in which the essence of the Malay language
is shown in its orthography, etymology and syntax)
(ii)
Dutch-Malay Lexicon
CONTENTS
38
Admiral Zheng He's Navigation Map
Mao Kun Map
(

), from
Wu Bei Zhi

,
Chapter 240
40
A Tamil-English Bilingual Book
Anglo-Tamil Self Reader: Intended for English and
Tamil Students
42
Fang Xiu: A Writer's Dedication

(Works by Fang Xiu)
45
Papers from the Past: The Lee Kip Lee and
Lee Kip Lin Archives
Messrs Lee Kip Lee and Lee Kip Lin Family Archives
48
A Football Rulebook in Jawi
Inilah Risalat Peraturan Bola Sepak yang Dinamai oleh
Inggeris Football
(A Book of Football Rules)
50
Prelude to War: Japanese Reconnaissance Maps

(
Shingap ru shigai chizu
)
56
A Tamil Newspaper from Ceylon
cjajhuif
(
Utayatarakai
; Morning Star)
58
An American in the Malay Archipelago
Travels in the East Indian Archipelago
60
Diaries of a Chinese Historian

(Professor Hsu Yun Tsiao's Diaries)
62
Sachtler Co.'s Images of Early Singapore
Views and Types of Singapore, 1863
64
The First Hydrographic Survey of Singapore
Plan of Singapore Harbour
66
Ka Perumal: Musings by a Tamil Poet
fh ngUkhspd; gilg;Gfs;
(
Ka Perumalin
Pataippukal
;
The Works of Ka Perumal)
68
The Secret World of Magic in Colonial Singapore
The Magic Fan
100
An Early Lithograph of Singapore
Illustrated Letter Sheet of Early Singapore
103
Tales from the Account Books
:
(Hong San See Temple account books)
106
A Malay Translation of an Urdu Tale
Cetra Empat Orang Fakir
(Tale of Four Dervishes)
108
An Early Architectural Perspective
The Journal of the Singapore Society of Architects
111
A Colonial Gentleman's Collections
Edwin A. Brown Collection photographs, circa 1900-1950
114
A Poetic Lament Translated
The Li Sao: An Elegy on Encountering Sorrows
116
A 1910 Plan to Colonise Southeast Asia

(On the Preparation for the Nanp Operation)
118
A Scrapbook of Pre-war English Theatre
Repertory Players 1937-1948
120
The Making of Seletar Rubber Estates
(i)
Collection of Documents and Letters of the Seletar
Rubber Estate
(ii)
Plan of the Seletar Rubber Estate, Singapore
122
The Multi-Talented Muhammad Ariff Ahmad
(i)
Taman Puspa
(Garden)
(ii)
Nyanyi, Lakunan
(Sing, Act)
124
Singapore as Seen by a Chinese Scholar

(A Record of the Local Conditions of Singapore)
126
Writing off a Sultan's Debts
Acte van vernieuwinge der contacten van den koning van
Bantam ged:3:e Maart 1691
(Deed of Renewal of the Contacts
of the Sultan of Banten, Dated on 3rd of March 1691)
129
Index
70
Photo Albums of a Plague Fighter
Wu Lien-teh Collection
(i)
Plague and Medical Scenes: Manchuria and China,
1911, 1921 up to 1936
(ii)
Chronological Record of Anti-plague Work in Manchuria
and China, 1910-1937
74
Masuri S.N.: A Poet with a Social Conscience
Puisi puisi 2005: Insya Allah
(Poems (2005): God Willing)
76
Shame of Surrender: Japanese POWs in Singapore

(
Kaenju
; The Flame Tree)
78
A Mysterious Poet, A Tragic Ending
F.M.S.R.: a poem
80
A Plan to Revive the Singapore River
Singapore River improvements: plan to accompany report
by Messrs. Coode, Son Matthews dated 1st. Octr. 1906
83
Master Poet Khoo Seok Wan's Critiques
(i)

(Chatters in Khoo's Fascinating Study)
(ii)

(Addendum to Chatters in Khoo's Fascinating
Study)
86
A Book of Tamil Names
List of Tamil Proper Names
88
A Novel Approach to Malayan History
Popular History of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies
90
A Wartime Magazine
Fajar Asia
[Dawn of Asia]
92
Saving Singapore's Forests
Report on the Forests of the Straits Settlements
95
Patriot and Philanthropist: Lim Kong Thing

(Lim Kong Thing Collection)
98
Tanjong Pagar Dock Widens its Berth
Plan of the Docks, Wharves and Buildings of the
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company
Introduction
Collecting, preserving and making accessible Singapore s documentary
and published heritage is a key mission of the National Library. There is
no better expression of this than our Rare Materials Collection.
This first map of Singapore's harbour was borne out of a cartographic survey conducted in 1819 by Captain Daniel Ross, a hydrographer with the British
East India Company s (EIC) Bombay Marine, the India-based naval fleet set up to protect British trading routes in the Far East.
Comprising more than 19,000 items, the Rare Materials Collection includes books,
periodicals, manuscripts, maps, photographs, art prints, handwritten letters, documents,
and other forms of paper ephemera. Some of these artefacts are centuries old and they
represent our nation s patrimony.
For preservation purposes, the items are carefully stored in a climate-controlled
room at the National Library Building in Victoria Street. Those interested in consulting
these items can examine the microfilmed version. For ease of access, many of these have
also been digitised and can be accessed at our BookSG website.
To raise the profile of these artefacts, we published
The Rare Materials Collection:
Selections from the National Library, Singapore
in 2017. It was so well received that we
reprinted it two years later. However, that book only scratched the surface of what we
have at the National Library, hence this follow-up work,
Stories from the Stacks
.
Stories from the Stacks
showcases 48 artefacts from the Rare Materials Collection
as well as a sprinkling of items from our other collections. It is a diverse selection
comprising everything from a 15th-century copper-engraved map of Southeast Asia to
the handwritten manuscripts of contemporary Singaporean writers. All the items are
accompanied by essays written by a team of librarians from the National Library and
invited researchers. These provide a detailed description of each artefact as well as
highlights of its history.
This volume features the oldest artefact in our collection -
Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
.
Printed in Rome in 1478, this European map was based on the ancient