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Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements collective name for certain former British colonies in Southeast Asia. The three British East India Company territories of Pinang , Singapore , and Malacca (see Melaka ) were given a unified administration in 1826 and called the Straits Settlements. The company was dissolved ... Read more
Christmas Island
Christmas Island tropical island (2001 pop. 1,508), 60 sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. The majority of the inhabitants descendants of Chinese and Malays who came to work the extensive phosphate deposits. Much of the island is n... Read more
Labuan
Labuan , island (1991 pop. 54,307), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), a federal territory of Malaysia, off Sabah, N Borneo, in the South China Sea. Coconuts, rubber, and rice are the main products. Victoria, the chief town, has a fine harbor and an airport and is the shipping center for much of N Borneo. Labuan ... Read more
Melaka
Melaka or Malacca , state (1991 pop. 504,502), 640 sq mi (1,658 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Formerly one of the Straits Settlements , it was constituted a state of Malaya in 1957 (see Malaysia ). Nearly half the population are Malay; about two fifths are Chin... Read more
Pinang
Pinang or Penang , state (1991 pop. 1,065,075), c.400 sq mi (1,040 sq km), Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca. It consists of Pulau Pinang (an island of 108 sq mi/280 sq km), formerly known as Georgetown; and Province Wellesley (292 sq mi/756 sq km), a strip of territory on the Malay Peninsula a... Read more
Cocos Islands
Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands, officially Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, two separate atolls comprising 27 coral islets (2001 pop. 621), 5.5 sq mi (14.2 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, c.1,400 mi (2,250 km) SE of Sri Lanka. They are under Australian administration. Only three of the isla... Read more
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville , 1729-1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp, and he later (c.1764) established a colony on the Falkland Islands but had to surrender the settlement to Spain (1766). Accompanied by naturalists and astronomers, he made a voyage around ... Read more
Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham Island is the main settlement. About 2,000 of the Islands' 5,700 inhabitants are Haida, a native people whose ancient v... Read more
Kodiak Island
Kodiak Island , 5,363 sq mi (13,890 sq km), c.100 mi (160 km) long and 10-60 mi (16-96 km) wide, off S Alaska, separated from the Alaska Peninsula by Shelikof Strait. Alaska's largest island, Kodiak is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east; the native grasses in the south offer good... Read more
Xiamen
Xiamen or Amoy , city (1994 est. pop. 458,000), S Fujian prov., China, on Xiamen island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It has an excellent natural harbor and is connected to the mainland by a railroad (built 1957) that crosses on a dike. Fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, and tanning a... Read more

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Straits Settlements
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Straits Settlements collective name for certain former...administration in 1826 and called the Straits Settlements. The company was dissolved in...the India Office. In 1867 the Straits Settlements became a crown colony administered...
Malaya
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...belonged to Thailand); and the Straits Settlements (Penang Island and the territory...Malacca, and Singapore). The Straits Settlements, whose government also administered...in the Federated States and Straits Settlements, while the majority of the...
Malay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...village farming and metal-using settlements of Malays. The earliest historical...took over Melaka to form the Straits Settlements; then they intervened on the...role in the world of Islam. Settlements Malay settlements tend to be...
Singapore, fall of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...their withdrawal across the Johore Straits to Singapore. To defend the base...was defended by two Malay and one Straits Settlements volunteer brigades; the western...case of attack from across the straits were incomplete but it had, anyway...
Pinang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Province Wellesley. Pinang, together with Province Wellesley, Malacca, and Singapore, became known as the Straits Settlements . Under the British, Pinang grew rapidly in commercial importance, although it was surpassed by Singapore. Pinang...
Penang
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...possession in Malaya (1786). In 1826, it united with Singapore and Malacca , and in 1867 the group became the Straits Settlements colony. Penang joined the Federation of Malaya in 1948. Its products include rice, rubber, and tin. George...
Labuan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ceded to Great Britain by the sultan of Brunei in 1846 and became a crown colony in 1848. It was included in the Straits Settlements in 1906 and in 1946 was joined to British North Borneo, which became Sabah in 1963. It was at Labuan that the...
Singapore
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...another, but equally interesting, aspect of this Southeast Asian melange. Singapore, which became part of the Straits Settlements (British crown colony) in 1826, was made a separate British colony in 1946. It was a Malaysian state from 1963...
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir (Henry) Robert
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Commanders-in-Chief in Singapore, each responsible to a different authority in London. The Governors of the Straits Settlements [see Malaya , Hong Kong, and Burma] received their policy directives from the Colonial Office while, for the...
Melaka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...640 sq mi (1,658 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Formerly one of the Straits Settlements , it was constituted a state of Malaya in 1957 (see Malaysia ). Nearly half the population are Malay; about...

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Straits Settlements
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Straits Settlements Former British crown colony comprising territories bordering on...of Penang, Malacca, and SINGAPORE were combined in 1826 as the Straits Settlements. After 1858, they passed to British Indian control, and in 1867...
Malaysia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Perlis, Kelantan, and Trengganu, as well as Johor). Finally, a third set of arrangements existed for the Straits Settlements, which were ruled by a governor in Singapore. Under British rule, Malaya became the world's leading producer...
Singapore
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...trading port. In 1867 Singapore was removed from British Indian administration to form part of the new colony of the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS , its commercial development, dependent on Chinese immigrants, migrants, proceeding alongside its growth as...
Western Exploration
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...to bring him to the mythic Straits of Ani á n, the supposed...expedition failed to find the straits, it did establish the northern...again in search of the fabled Straits of Ani á n, and Don...important military and religious settlements along the California coast...
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...150th anniversary of the first European settlements, campaigns developed for an end to social...in central Australia and the Torres Straits respectively. In the central issue of...the number of Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders had risen again to over 250...
Mexico, Gulf of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Strait of Yucat á n and flows into the Atlantic at the Straits of Florida. The gulf's large mass of warm water shapes...mile gulf has been the site of important trade routes and settlements and a pivotal arena for imperial contests since Europeans...
Great Lakes
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...St. Marys River), and Lake Michigan joins Huron via the Straits of Mackinac. A major inlet north of Lake Huron is Georgian...beans, squash, and sunflowers; larger populations and settlements; and territorial conflicts between tribes. At European contact...

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The Colonial Office and Governor Ord. (first governor of the Straits Settlements Sir Harry Ord)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; In 1867, when the Straits Settlements passed from the control of...new responsibilities in the Straits Settlements. It may serve as a kind of...appointment to Singapore. In the Straits Settlements he governed with the advice...
Modern Subjects/Colonial Texts: Hugh Clifford and the Discipline of English Literature in the Straits Settlements and Malaya 1895-1907. (Book Notes). (book review)
Magazine article from: symploke; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...English Literature in the Straits Settlements and Malaya 1895-1907. Greensboro...which came into being in the Straits Settlements and the various states of...the colonial Malaya and the Straits Settlements. Since Clifford saw parallels...
Trade and society in the straits of Melaka: Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...over trade in the northern Melaka Straits. Although the focus of the book...the subsequent formation of the Straits Settlements in 1826. By 1830 Melaka's glory...remainder of Trade and society in the straits of Melaka. Moving away from the...
KL hotels breathe life into Straits Settlement culture
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/28/2000; ; 528 words ; Jumaatun Azmi New Straits Times 06-28-2000 KL hotels breathe life into Straits Settlement culture Byline: Jumaatun Azmi Edition...Well, they both inherited the culture of the Straits Settlements. The launch was done by the Entreprenuer Developement...
When bandits ruled in Kedah,NEW STRAITS TIMES
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words ; Shukor Rahman New Straits Times 02-16-1998 MORE than a century ago, rural banditry...These Sepoys had been brought in by the British to serve in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore, as well as in the Federated...
Economic and Social Council adopts 16 texts on informatics, Guinea-Bissau, human settlements, refugees, crime.
M2 Presswire; 7/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...Guinea-Bissau, human settlements, refugees, crime(C...for Guinea-Bissau, human settlements, technical assistance for...Africa fixed link through the Straits of Gibraltar; and on human settlements, it adopted a decision in...
`Ancient settlements found at Lembah Sungai Langat'
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/22/2001; 616 words ; New Straits Times 02-22-2001 `Ancient settlements found at Lembah Sungai Langat' Edition: Main/Lifestyle...National Shah Alam -- SHAH ALAM, Wed. - Signs of ancient settlements were discovered during an archaeological cum research...
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 16 TEXTS ON INFORMATICS, GUINEA-BISSAU, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, REFUGEES, CRIME
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...Advisory Board for Guinea-Bissau, human settlements, technical assistance for implementing the...an Europe-Africa fixed link through the Straits of Gibraltar; and on human settlements, it adopted a decision in which it took...
`Lost' Felda settlements regained
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/29/2004; ; 700+ words ; Rosnazura Idrus New Straits Times 03-29-2004 `Lost' Felda settlements regained Byline: Rosnazura...winning back the lost Felda settlements. BN won 55 of the 56 parliamentary...seats encompassing Felda settlements, and 90 of the 92 state...
Zero squatter settlements in three years
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/9/2003; ; 465 words ; Julia Chan; Saadon Aksah New Straits Times 06-09-2003 Zero squatter settlements in three years Byline: Julia Chan; Saadon...The Government aims to eradicate squatter settlements by building 45,365 houses within the next...