 | 1822 - 782 pagine
...PEINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND, called also PULO PINANG, or BETEL NUT ISLAND, au island situated off the west coast of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, about two miles broad, which forms the harbour, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships.... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pagine
...almost deserted. Pulo Penang is an island belonging to the British, in lat 5° 25' N. lying off the west coast of the Malay peninsula from which it is separated by a narrow strait about two miles broad, which forms the harbor, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships.... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pagine
...deserted. Pulo Penang is an island belonging to the British, in lat. 5° 25' N. lying off the west coast of the Malay peninsula from which it is separated by a narrow strait about two miles broad, which forms the harbor, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships.... | |
 | Walter Chapin - 1825 - 436 pagine
...people. PULO PEN AMU, that is, Be Iel-nut Island, called, also, Prince of Wales'- Island, lying off W. coast of the M'alay Peninsula, from which it is...government, subordinate only to the Governor General of InJia. When the Mritish took possession of it, there were only a few miserable fishermen on the coast.... | |
 | Walter Chapin - 1825 - 458 pagine
...people. PULO PENANG, that is, Be ttl-nut Island, called, also, Prince of Wales' Island, lying •ff W. coast of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is...separated by a narrow strait. It contains about 160 square iiiles, was transferred to the East India Company, in 1786, and has a regular government, subordinate... | |
 | 1825 - 704 pagine
...Guinea. PRINCE or WALES'* ISLAND, called aUo PrLo PINANG, or BETEL NUT ISLAND, an island off the west coast of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, about two miles broad, which forms tlie harbour, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pagine
...so called by Vancouver. PRINCE or WALES'S, Puio PINASC, or BETEL NUT, ISLAND, an island off the west coast of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, about two miles broad, which forms the harbour, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships.... | |
 | British history - 1849 - 328 pagine
...loss of the British was 2,383 troops,—1846. J The Prince of Wales' Island,—situated off the west coast of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, was purchased from the king of Queddah by the East India company,—1786. k Jealousy arising between... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1853 - 534 pagine
...India Company, in 1819. It is situated on the south side of a small island at the southern extremity of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, one quarter of a mile in width, in latitude 1° 17' N., and longitude 103° 51' E. In the centre of... | |
 | 1854 - 824 pagine
...long. 83° 23'. SINGAPOEE.— An island situated in the Straits of Malacca, at the southern extremity of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait, which, though not exceeding half a mile in breadth at some points, was formerly the channel of navigation... | |
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Singapore is an island about twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width.... 
