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===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofma0000chee/page/n5 ''Bibliography of Malaya, being a classified list of books wholly or partly in English relating to the Federation of Malaya and Singapore''] by H R Cheeseman 1959. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a WW2 Bibliography.
*National Library of Malaysia, currently (11 Oct. 2020) appears to have two digital websites, what perhaps may be termed an older, and a newer. It is unclear whether eventually all the content will migrate to the newer website, but currently there is content on the old website which goes not appear on the new.:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my Repositori Digital] Digital repository older website. A number of the National Library English language books are in the category [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/111/browse Koleksi Peribadi]. :[https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome MyRepositori] Newer website. Many of Malaysiathe English books appear in Collections: Khazanah Warisan Negara/Malaysiana/Koleksi Khas/ [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/12 Koleksi Nadir] and [https://upnih.pnm.gov. Book my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/11 Koleksi Peribadi]:For both websites, book files are available as pdf downloadspdfs. Contains some books in English, although it It does not appear possible to browse the English language books as a distinct category. For some books the “date of issue” appears to be the digitization date, rather than the date of publication. A number of the English language books are in the category [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/111/browse Koleksi Peribadi]. [http://www.aseanlibrary.org ASEAN Digital Library] contains some content from the National Library of Malaysia, and can be searched by language.:'''Some downloads of books are sample pages only, or even title page only, but this may not be apparent from the catalogue entry. This appears to be a frequent situation for books, although articles appear to be fully available'''.
:Books available from NLM include (and others are listed later):
:*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2728 ''Notes from the Sarawak Gazette 1909-1915''] by J C Moulton. Older website. Also available on the [http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12499/17115 newer website]. This appears to be a new entry, not transfer from the older website. Unclear whether these are sample pages, or the whole file.::Note some editions of the ''Sarawak Gazette'' are online from 1907, see below. :*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2533 ''Malaya and Singapore Survey Directory of Churches and Missions in the Federation and Colony''] by V A Chelliah, No date in catalogue but c 1948. Older website.
:*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/809/browse Articles from ''Malaya in History''] including
:**[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2017 "Kelantan During World War 1"] by W E Pepys. An article from ''Malaya in History'' July 1960.
:**[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/handle/123456789/2031 ''The Last of The Creepers: Memoirs of A Malayan Rubber Planter 1907-1917''] by C R Harrison, 1961. This is an article from ''Malaya in History'', Volume 7, No 1, September 1961. A Creeper is variously described as described as a very new junior assistant,<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sb-JAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA31&pg=PA28 Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930], ''Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy'' by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.</ref> a novice assistant<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ADgUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 Page 208, "Chapter 13: The Planter’s World"], ''The Devil’s Milk: A Social History of Rubber'' by John Tully 2011. Google Books</ref> or an assistant planter.<ref>[http://www.christopherhalemedia.org/2013/01/the-planters-life/ "The Planter’s Life"] by Christopher Hale, January 2013.</ref>
:**[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2058 ''Untapped Historical Source: Rest House Register Books''] by Robin W Winks. Article from ''Malaya in History'' April 1964. All older website.
: Note this website in the past was often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
*[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. Books available include
***[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034776 ''The China Sea Directory Volume II. Containing directions for the navigation of the China Sea, between Singapore and Hong Kong''] by J. W. Reed , R N and J. W. King, R N. 1868. British Library Digital Collection.
**[https://archive.org/details/directoryfornavi00find ''A directory for the navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan, from the straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the passages east of Java. To Canton, Shanghai, the Yellow Sea, and Japan, with descriptions of the winds, monsoons, and currents, and general instructions for the various channels, harbours, etc''] by Alexander George Findlay 2nd edition 1878 Archive.org
**[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/684 ''Malacca Strait Pilot : comprising strait and its northern approaches, Singapore Strait, and the West Coast of Sumatra''] 1946 Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia, older website.
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or Ten Years Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011085457#page/n78/mode/1up Map of Singapore Town]
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011085457#page/n86/mode/1up Map of the Malay Peninsula]
:[https://archive.org/details/illustratedguide00harr ''An illustrated guide to the Federated Malay States''] edited by Cuthbert Woodville Harrison, Malayan Civil Service. 3rd edition 1920. Archive.org. Missing the Map. [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/handle/123456789/2955 1923 edition] Pdf download, National Library of Malaysia, older website. Probably sample pages only.:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2777 ''Malaysia and Indo-China : Information for Visitors to British Malaya, Dutch-Indies (Java, Bali, Sumatra etc.) Siam, French Indo-China'']. Published by Thos. Cook & Son, Singapore 1926. Pdf download, National Library of Malaysia, older website. Probably sample pages only.
*[https://archive.org/details/ruralsanitationi00wats ''Rural sanitation in the tropics : being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands''] by Sir Malcolm Watson 1915 Archive.org. There are two chapters on Malaya relating to malaria.
*[https://archive.org/details/lauterbachofchin00lowe ''Lauterbach of the China Sea : the Escapes and Adventures of a Seagoing Falstaff''] by Lowell Thomas, 1930 Archive.org. During WW1 Julius Lauterbach was navigator on the German SMS Emden and subsequently was a prisoner in Singapore at Tangling prison camp [https://archive.org/stream/lauterbachofchin00lowe#page/94/mode/2up page 95], and helped ferment dissatisfaction which led to the 1915 Singapore Mutiny, during which he escaped and fled, initially to Sumatra.
*[https://archive.org/details/Malaypoisonscha00Giml ''Malay Poisons and Charm Cures''] by John D Gimlette, Residency Surgeon of Kelantan, 2nd revised edition 1923, first edition 1915. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/biostor-248428/mode/2up ''The Medical Book Of Malayan Medicine''] originally translated circa 1886 in Penang, edited by J D Gimlette and I H Burkill 1930. Published in ''The Gardens' Bulletin Straits Settlements'' October 1930 [Singapore: Botanic Gardens] Archive.org.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12499/4112 ''A Dictionary of Malayan Medicine''] by John D. Gimlette ; edited and completed by H. W. Thomson ; with a foreword by Malcolm Watson. 1939. MyRepositori, National Library of Malaysia.
*''The Empire at War'' edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2917 ''The Agricultural Zoology of the Malay Archipelago : the animals injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture and forestry in the Malay Peninsula, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines''] by Karel Willem Dammerman 1929. "This book is in the main an [enlarged] English edition of the author's work 'Landbouwdiekunde van Oost-Indië' published in 1919." Pdf download, Repositori Digital, digital repository of the National Library of Malaysia. Note, sample pages only. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002010015 HathiTrust Digital Library] for those with University access.
