Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Pashure pokubatwa kwaro, Java yakanga iri pasi pokutonga kweBritain kubva muna 1811 kusvika muna 1816. Gavhuna akagadzwa akanga ari Lieutenant Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles, uyo aifarira zvikuru nhau yeJava. Akaunganidza zvinhu zvekare zvechiJava ndokuita zvinyorwa kupfurikidza nokuonana navagari vomunzvimbomo mukati morwendo rwake nomuzvitsuwa. Parwendo rwokuongorora kuSemarang muna 1814, akaudzwa nezvechiyeuchidzo chikuru chakadzika musango pedyo nomusha weBumisegoro. Haana kukwanisa kuona nzvimbo yacho iye pachake, asi akatumira, injinjini yechiDutch uyo, pakati pezvimwe zvitsvakurudzo zvekare akanga awana nzvimbo yeSewu muna 1806-07, kuti aongorore.