The Pamphleteer, 14. köideAbraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1819 |
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... Rhio was a place of great resort , although the Dutch would rather have directed the native trade to Malacca ; and as soon as the eastern seas became more free , Penang rose to commercial importance ; and a direct intercourse was esta ...
... Rhio was a place of great resort , although the Dutch would rather have directed the native trade to Malacca ; and as soon as the eastern seas became more free , Penang rose to commercial importance ; and a direct intercourse was esta ...
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... Rhio has become the principal mart for Chinese goods used by the Malays , who , as I have observed , bring hither their produce , so well calculated for the China market , for sale . 2 The Chinese prefer the Banca tin to any other , and ...
... Rhio has become the principal mart for Chinese goods used by the Malays , who , as I have observed , bring hither their produce , so well calculated for the China market , for sale . 2 The Chinese prefer the Banca tin to any other , and ...
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... Rhio ' on the other ; by the former they already command the Straits of Sunda , by the latter they would acquire a naval station at the entrance from the Straits of Malacca to the China sea ; while the possession of Malacca and Johore ...
... Rhio ' on the other ; by the former they already command the Straits of Sunda , by the latter they would acquire a naval station at the entrance from the Straits of Malacca to the China sea ; while the possession of Malacca and Johore ...
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... Rhio and Lingin , because the supremacy of the Dutch has never been established in those islands . The island of Bintang , in which is situated the port and har- bor of Rhio , is about thirty miles in length , and ten miles in breadth ...
... Rhio and Lingin , because the supremacy of the Dutch has never been established in those islands . The island of Bintang , in which is situated the port and har- bor of Rhio , is about thirty miles in length , and ten miles in breadth ...
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... Rhio will of course become the nucleus whence the farther connexion with the native states will proceed ; and if not successful , it becomes the more necessary to interpose and to fix the commercial relations in the Eastern seas on a ...
... Rhio will of course become the nucleus whence the farther connexion with the native states will proceed ; and if not successful , it becomes the more necessary to interpose and to fix the commercial relations in the Eastern seas on a ...
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