4,043
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
#Hamilton, Walter [http:<references //books.google.com/books?id=jdgMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA299 ''East Indian Gazetteer''] Vol II, 2nd ed. (1828) London: Parbury, Allen and Co.>
convert ref
'''Negrais Island''', at the mouth of the Irrawaddy Delta, was the earliest British possession in [[Burma]]. The island was the scene of the 1759 Massacre at Negrais of British settlers by the Burmese.
The ''East Indian Gazetteer'' of 1828 describes Negrais as "a small island and excellent harbour...Negrais harbour is, without exception, the most secure in the bay of Bengal, as from hence a ship launches at once into the open sea, and may work to the southward without any other impediment than what the monsoon opposes."<supref>Hamilton, Walter [[#References|1]http://books.google.com/books?id=jdgMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA299 ''East Indian Gazetteer'']Vol II, 2nd ed. (1828) London: Parbury, Allen and Co.</supref>
==History==
==References==
==External links==
