Siamese White /

The book is about the career of Samuel White during his stay in the Siam region, which is the modern-day Thailand. White was declared the ruler of Siam under James II of England. The book contains a description of the Anglo-Siamese War, which was conducted in the year 1687-88, which was between the...

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Main Author: Collis, Maurice (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024.

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Call Number: DS1 .A4915

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • I: White Goes East /
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  • II: Madras-on-Sea /
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  • III: The Company /
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  • IV: Captain Alley and Co. /
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  • V: Trade and Security /
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  • VI: Across the Bay /
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  • VII: Mergui /
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  • VIII: An Emporium of the Coast Trade /
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  • IX: The Forest Belt /
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  • X: Old Ayudhya /
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  • XI: White Meets Phaulkon /
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  • XII: Elephants /
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  • XIII: Phaulkon Emerges /
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  • XIV: Lord White /
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  • XV: Apostates and Renegades /
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  • XVI: White Turns Filibuster /
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  • XVII: A Pirate in a River /
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  • XVIII: The Capture of Davenport /
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  • XIX: Captain Coates and his Opium /
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  • XX: White in Creases the Pace /
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  • XXI: White is Recalled to Ayudhya /
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  • XXII: The Sorrowful Journey /
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  • XXIII: White's Desperate Sickness /
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  • XXIV: The Fierce Fight with the Macassars /
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  • XXV: Phaulkon Offers to Make White Prime Minister /
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  • XXVI: White Makes Hay /
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  • XXVII: Doubts and Rumours /
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  • XXVIII: The Four Alternatives /
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  • XXIX: White Prepares to Escape /
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  • XXX: Davenport's Dilemma /
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  • XXXI: The Forged Commission /
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  • XXXII: The Return of the 'Resolution' /
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  • XXXIII: Davenport Decides to Betray White /
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  • XXXIV: Behind the Scenes in London and Madras /
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  • XXXV: H.M.S. 'Curtana' /
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  • XXXVI: The Seizure of the 'Resolution' /
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  • XXXVII: White's Plot and the Wizards /
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  • XXXVIII: The Massacre /
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  • XXXIX: White and Weltden Face to Face /
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  • XL: Hiding in the Islands /
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  • XLI: Treason /
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  • XLII: White and Weltden Arrange for Davenport's Murder /
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  • XLIII: White Gives Weltden the Slip /
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  • XLIV: The Fate of the 'Pearl' /
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  • XLV: The Torture and Death of Phaulkon /
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  • XLVI: White in London /
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  • XLVII: The Last of Weltden /
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  • Appendix 1: The Davenport Papers /
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  • Appendix II: Other Authorities /
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