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*[http://www.indonesianhistory.info/placenameindex/a Digital Atlas of Indonesian History:Index by place name] includes Pedir (Pedie, Padir), a trading port in Acheh, visited by ships of the East India Company,
===Historical books online===
*[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. 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.
:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2014/06/alexander-dalrymples-treaties-with-sulu-in-malay-and-tausug.html Alexander Dalrymple’s Treaties with Sulu in Malay and Tausug] 05 June 2014 British Library Asian and African studies blog.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833 ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright 1908 Archive.org [[Ceylon]], [[Malaysia|Malaya]], Java, Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesonjavai00boysrich ''Some Notes on Java and its Administration by the Dutch''] by Henry Scott Boys, late Bengal Civil Service 1892 Archive.org
*''Java: Past & Present, a description of the most beautiful country in the world, its ancient history, people, antiquities, and products'' by Donald Maclaine Campbell, late British-Vice Consul, 1915 [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd01camp Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd02camp Volume II] with a [https://archive.org/stream/javapastpresentd02camp#page/n691/mode/1up Geological and Volcanos map] Archive.org
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*'''Restricted access''', probably available to those in North America and some other countries: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001256055 ''Twentieth Century Impressions of Netherlands India: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Hathi Trust Digital Library
