The Protestant Missions to South-East Asia: Experimental Laboratory of Missionary Concepts and of Human Relations (Circa 1780–1840)

Abstract The relationship between the Anglo-Scottish Ultra-Ganges Mission and Dutch missionaries in South East Asia, both missions based at Batavia Melaka (Malacca), could be described as “distant but cordial” – even during times of colonial conflict same cannot always said about internal conditions British mission. This article will attempt to place Anglo-Dutch missionary enterprises into a historical context which includes complex networks built up by with administrations, well local Malay Chinese communities. Ultimately, success their mission depended much on such external factors cohesion individual missionaries. Much sources for this has been derived from Special Collections archives kept School Oriental African Studies ( SOAS ), University London.