A Study On Agricultural Geography In Java In The 17th Century To The Early 19th Century (1602-1816)

Java is a tropical island located in Southeast Asia, with excellent conditions for agricultural development. Agriculture has been the historical period, an important pillar of the economy of Java. Seventh century to the early nineteenth century (1602-1816), in the Netherlands, France, Britain and other European colonial powers invaded, the Javanese feudal agricultural self-sufficiency in the original was broken, and agricultural production gradually being controlled by the colonial institutions, became the world market system is an integral part. At the same time, the social nature of Java, from feudal society into a semi-feudal society gradually, and presents a unique geographical landscape of agriculture.For the 17th century to the early 19th century Javanese literature of agricultural geography, Raffles's the History of Java is the most important. The book was published in London in 1817, is the Raffles served as Deputy Governor of the British colonial Javanese period (1811-1816), through an extensive collection of local raw materials and take advantage of the variety of the Dutch East India Company records, combined with most areas of Java island, site visits were completed after lengthy research project compilation. Detailed records on agriculture which can be used as of the nineteenth century before the Java an important basis of agricultural geography.Perspective of historical geography,take the History of Java as the primary material, in combination with other related material that can be investigated 17th century to the early 19th century Java environment for agricultural development, agricultural development and geographical distribution, and interaction between agriculture and environment relations and other agricultural geography. The preliminary conclusions are:in the period of Java, unique natural conditions, social environmental factors and agricultural infrastructure are conducive to the development of agriculture. So, Java was the food and cash crops planting full rise, the rapid development of forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries and sideline are also distinctive.The development of agriculture has formed a clear regional distribution characteristics, but also changed the natural landscape and social landscape, and to promote the Java from feudal society to a semi-feudal society changes.