Book Written
Albert S. Bickmore wrote a book titled: "Travels in the East Indian Archipelago", published in 1868. The preface begins by saying; "The object of my voyage to Amboina was simply to re-collect the shells figured in Rumphius's "Rari-teit Kamer," and the idea of writing a volume of travels was not seriously entertained until I arrived at Batavia, and, instead of being forbidden by the Dutch Government to proceed to the Spice Islands, as some of my warmest friends feared, I was honored by His Excellency, the Governor-General of "the Netherlands India," with the order given on page 40."
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