Author: MOREAU, H.,
Title: Le Port de Sabang (Indes Néerlandaises). [Éditionoriginale/original edition].
Description: Paris, 1926. Thick small 8°, wraps., 343pp., ills. & portrs. on 15 plates of which 1 double-p. (depicting the road of Sabang) (many ills. depicting ships in the harbour), 9 full-p. coloured maps & plans of which 1 loosely added & 1 folded, annexe. Les Escales Maritimes series. Important description of Sabang harbour. After an extensive general introd. in which the author describes Pulu Weh & her inhabitants, the construction of the harbour, various companies & their personnel, the author stresses the importance of Sabang as a coal- & oil bunker port, the relations & influence on Singapore harbour, Malaysia, Indo-China & the rest of the Pacific. One of the few studies on the subject. Copy with a short dedication in ink on title-p., signed by author & dated November 1926. Rare. (some light wear to wraps., ow. a fine copy.)

Keywords: sumatra/sabang