Early Days in Balik Pulau

By Marcus Langdon

April 2013 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
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The history of Balik Pulau has been a continuous source of controversy. The following “eyewitness” account and maps may perhaps settle some of the argument and open up new avenues for discussion.In March 1807 the East India Company’s assistant surveyor in Penang, Jeremiah McCarthy, was sent to reconnoiter the western part of the island. McCarthy had been appointed to Penang by the Bengal government in early 1806 and had been extremely busy surveying various parts of the island, including George...

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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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