Author: Low, James.
Title: NOTES ON COAL DEPOSITS which have been discovered along the Siamese Coast from Pinang to the vicinity of Junk Ceylon. [Together with]. Discovery of Coal in Ligor and Kedah on the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula. [Together with]. Examination of the Coast of the Malay Peninsula from Pulo Mutiara to Pulo Panjang in Search of Coal Deposits in November 1847, by Captain Congleton.
Description: Singapore, printed at the Mission Press, 1847. Volume 1, 1st Ed. pp.(145)-169; (353)-359, folding map. Age toning, rebound in recent boards with paper title label to upper board. ¶ The authorities were much relieved to discover coal on the coast of Malaya as it would facilitate steam connections to Singapore and China. The map, Sketch of the Coast of the Malay Peninsula from Tellibon to Tanjong Putra, is by Captain Congleton. Three extracts from Journal of the Indian Archipelago.

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