Developers of 18th Century Pinang
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
August 2012 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia was a famous scholarly series edited by J.R. Logan. In the New Series, Vol. II, No. 2—1857, published in 1859 in Singapore, the following abstract can be found. It is taken from an article titled “Notes on the Malays of Pinang and Province Wellesley”, written by J.D. Vaughan, and was purportedly related to the author by one of Haji Brunie’s sons.Since the details are largely hearsay passed down by a son...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
