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===Historical books online===
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm Library page of Sejarah Melayu] has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, or some to read as text. Click on the titles for further details of the author and year published. If you prefer to read original images, look at the text version (if available), as for some books, it may be apparent they are available on websites such as Archive.org or Google Books. The Sejarah Melayu Library includes an extensive collection of ''Journals of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (SBRAS) which became the '' Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (MBRAS). Click on individual journal issues, and the contents will be shown. These do not seem to be complete issues, but selected articles.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits+Branch+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&page=1 ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' on Archive.org]
**'''Restricted access''', probably available to those in North America: Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 1] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 2, including an index, 1878-1922]
*[https://archive.org/details/goldenchersonese00birduoft ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither''] by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version]
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist, US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134236 ''Malay Sketches''] by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134368 ''Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833 ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright 1908 Archive.org [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
