Fort Cornwallis: A Symbol of Fortitude More than of Conflict

By Marcus Langdon

April 2021 COVER STORY
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FORT CORNWALLIS IS undoubtedly Penang’s most iconic surviving building from the era of English East India Company (EIC) settlement on the Island. But after 235 years, what is its legacy to Malaysia?During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was progressively gaining a monopoly on trade in the East Indies from their bases in Java, Sumatra, Malacca (Melaka) and the Moluccas Islands (Maluku). The EIC deemed it essential to obtain a strategic toehold in the region,...

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Marcus Langdon

is a passionate historian of Penang’s amazing history. He has published several books and is a director of Entrepot Publishing.

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