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===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4wAyDgrnHicC&pg=PR1 ''A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an Account of the Islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the City of Batavia. Of the Government and Political Conduct of the Dutch. Of the Empire of China, with a Particular Description of Canton ...''] 1762 Google Books. The Preface states the author was an officer in the service of the East India Company.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yx5MAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The History of Sumatra: containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island''] by William Marsden. Third edition with additions 1811 Google Books.The map has not been filmed. Also available in an [https://archive.org/details/historyofsumatra00mars Archive.org version] with [https://archive.org/stream/historyofsumatra00mars#page/n4/mode/1up Map]. First published 1783. The 2nd edition describes the author "late Secretary to the President and Council of Fort Marlborough".
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9QvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 Alexander Dalrymple 1737-1808] page 217 ''The General Biographical Dictionary: Volume 11''<ref>Full title ''The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation: Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 11</ref> by Alexander Chalmers 1813. Appointed a writer 1752 in Madras. Obtained a grant of the island of Balambangan (an island off North Borneo, now part of the Malaysian state of Sabah), controlled by the Sultan of Sulu (Sooloo) for the East India Company in 1763. Hydrographer.
