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*[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/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]
*''The Chersonese with the Gilding Off'' by Emily Innes 1885. [https://archive.org/details/chersonesewithg00emilgoog/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chersonesewithg00innegoog/page/n5 Volume II] Archive.org. The author’s husband was Collector and Magistrate at Langat, in the Malay Native States. Golden Chersonese (Khersonese) meaning the Golden Peninsula, was the name used for the Malay Peninsula in classical antiquity.
*[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/cu31924023121506/page/n7 ''Play and Politics: Recollections of Malaya''] by an Old Resident (Attributed to William Henry McLeod Read) 1901 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Macleod_Read William Henry Macleod Read] Wikipedia. The author was in Singapore 1841-1887.*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924084657141 ''To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's yacht Yacht 'Sans peurPeur'''] by Florence Caddy 1889 Archive.org.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64 ''Précis of information concerning the Straits Settlements and the Native States of the Malay Peninsula'']. Prepared in the Intelligence Division, Horse Guards, War Office, etc. 1891. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=0%2C-289.3696%2C2571%2C2533.7391 Map of Town of Singapore] (which can be rotated). British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023017902 ''About Ceylon and Borneo : being an account of two visits to Ceylon, one to Borneo, and how we fell out on our homeward journey''] by Walter J Clutterbuck 1891 with [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023017902#page/n302/mode/1up Map of British North Borneo] Archive.org. Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000355F8 British Library Digital Collection] with rotatable images.
*[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/incidentsinlifeo00macc/page/262 Malay Peninsula] Page 263 ''Incidents in the life of a mining engineer'' by E T McCarthy 2nd edition 1919, first published 1918 Archive.org.
:Federated Malay States from [https://archive.org/details/furtherincidents00maccrich/page/158 page 159] c 1900? and [https://archive.org/details/furtherincidents00maccrich/page/378 British North Borneo, page 378] ''Further incidents in the life of a mining engineer'' by E T McCarthy 1920 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/Tapiocaitsmanyu00EsCh ''Tapioca and its many uses : a rice substitute for Malaya''] by Leopold Es Chasseriau, 1919. Archive.org. A reprint from the ''Pinang Gazette''
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023392750 ''Trapping Wild Animals in Malay Jungles''] by Charles Mayer 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/talesfromsouthch00alle ''Tales from the South China Seas : images of the British in South-East Asia in the twentieth century''] by Charles Allen 1984. Originally commissioned by, and broadcast on BBC Radio as oral history documentaries. Archive.org Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/savagewarsofpeac00char/page/n5 ''The Savage Wars of Peace : Soldier's Voices, 1945-1989''] by Charles Allen 1990. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sunsetofempirein00tayl/page/n5 ''Sunset of the Empire in Malaya: A New Zealander’s Life in the Colonial Education Service''] by T.K. Taylor 2007. He was appointed by the Colonial Office and worked in Malaya 1946-1960. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*''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]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], Hong Kong, Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*:[https://archive.org/details/jewelledlizard00fordiala ''The Jewelled Lizard''] by W. Dingwall Fordyce c 1908 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers, with a Sumatra setting.
*:Dingwall Fordyce also wrote "The Adventures of Babi. A pet mongoose in Sumatra", a chapter in ''Wide World Magazine'', 1911, and ''Our Secret Society'' c 1910. However, it is unknown if the setting for the latter is also Malaysia/Indonesia.
**[https://archive.org/details/blackparrottaleo00herv/page/n7 ''The Black Parrot: a Tale of the Golden Chersonese''] by Harry Hervey 1923 Archive.org. Golden Chersonese (Khersonese) meaning the Golden Peninsula, was the name used for the Malay Peninsula in classical antiquity.
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