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===Historical books online===
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sejarah Melayu Library] (abrizain.org) has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, with some to also 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.
*''The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia''. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63. **[https://archivebooks.google.com.au/books?id=UjJTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume III, 1849], [https://books.google.com.orgau/books?id=KtIyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume IV 1850], [https://searchbooks.google.com.phpau/books?queryid=Straits+Branch+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+AND+mediatype%3Atexts85oaAQAAIAAJ&pagepg=1 PR4 1862 Volume IV, New Series 1862] Google Books**Reprint editions Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012294044 A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000553617 B] for all years of publication*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' on 1878-1922. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]**. '''Restricted access''', probably Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to those viewers in North Americaand some other countries [http: Hathi Trust Digital Library //catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 1B] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 2C], including an index, 1878-1922]volumes.
*[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.
