William Marsden (orientalist) - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • 1784 -- The history of Sumatra: containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island. London: Printed for the author. OCLC 3792458
  • 1802 -- "Observations on the language of Siwah; in a letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks; by William Marsden, Esq., F.R.S." in The Journal of Frederick Horneman's Travels: From Cairo to Mourzouk, the Capital of the Kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa, by Friedrich Hornemann, James Rennell, William Marsden and William Young. London: G. and W. Nicol. OCLC 5165766
  • 1796 -- Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars and Alphabets
  • 1812 -- Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language
  • 1818 -- Travels of Marco Polo
  • 1823 -- Numismata orientalia
  • 1830 -- Memoirs of a Malayan Family by 'La-uddı̄n Nakhoda Muda (translated by William Marsden). London: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5347657
The standard author abbreviation Marsden is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

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