British Interest in the Malacca Strait in the 18th century
- Reference No:
- U DBA/4/8
- Dates:
- 20th cent.
- Description:
Transcripts or extracts, including:
1) British commercial and strategic interest in the Malay Peninsula during the late eighteenth century. Ts., carbon copy, 29ff., qto., & 2 amending sheets, ms. (See U DBA/3/A.15).
2) Papers on Riau, 1784. (BM, Add.Ms. 34, 466, f. 59ff. Ts., carbon copy, 3ff., fcp.).
3) Penang, 1784. (Report of Thomas Forrest. Ts., carbon copy, 6ff., fcp.).
4) The conquest of Malacca, 1795. Ts., carbon copy, 4ff., fcp. (See: U DBA/3/A.9, A.23/5).
5) Junk Ceylon (= Ujung Salang, Phuket Island), 1778. (BM. Add. Ms. 29, 210, ff.217-22. Ts., carbon copy, 5ff., fcp.).
6) The Andaman Islands, 1783. (Report by Thomas Forrest. Ts., carbon copy, 3ff., fcp.
7) The British interest in the Mergui Archipelago, 1783-4. Ts., carbon copy, 4ff., fcp.).
8) Forrest's ideas (on the Andamans and Mergui). D. K. Bassett. Ms., 2ff., fcp.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 bundle
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Papers of Dr David Kenneth Bassett