File:Image from page 103 of The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures (1912).jpg

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{{Information Identifier: searoadtoeastgib00sargrich Title: The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Sargent, Arthur John Subjects: Voyages and travels Publisher: London, Philip Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ''Copyright Malays ox Plantation. {See page 85.) Text Appearing After Image: THE MALAY REGION 81 life to this old-world settlement. Here is a glimpse of 16the river and here a street in the town ; it is picturesque 17enough, but we miss the life and bustle which we haveseen at Singapore. The island of Penang, together with the strip of the mainland opposite, was leased by us from the Sultanof Kedah, over a hundred years ago, at a time when therest of the coast was more or less under the influence of the Dutch. The rent is still paid regularly to the Sultan for the time being. In 1824, we came to an agreement with the Dutch who withdrew all claim to the Straits, while we left them undisturbed in the island region further south. This withdrawal of the Dutch,and the possession of Singapore, gave us the entire control of the Straits of Malacca. Since that time there have been some small additions to the area of British territory, but our chief work has been to bring the native States within our Sphere of Influence. The result in the last century, as we have already seen, was'' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. }}
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