Acts of Piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Acts of Piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits write by Robert C. Beckman. This book was released on 1994. Acts of Piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia
Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia write by M Leifer. This book was released on 1978-10. Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Malacca Reminiscences
Malacca Reminiscences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Malacca Reminiscences write by Andrew Loh. This book was released on 2015-12-19. Malacca Reminiscences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Malacca Reminiscences My Story is a memoir of a resident of Malacca in the five decades after independence in 1957 of Malaysia from Britain. Most books on Malacca hark back to the fifteenth century and the era of Parameswara founding the Sultanate of Malacca, but very little on the modern events that have shaped Malacca to become very different from the sleepy hollow that it was. The book captures the spirit of such a modern and vitalized city that has gained world heritage status. While many tourists from overseas and other parts of Malaysia visit Malacca for a few days or a week, they walk the streets of the town without understanding the layers of history that are hidden under these streets. While describing the streets, the bridges, the foods and eateries, the antiques shops, and the nooks and corners of the town, I have woven bits and pieces of my experiences as a resident of the town, born and bred since the 1950s. It is not a memoir per se but a tapestry of the story of Malacca stitched with anecdotes of personalities and ordinary folk of the town in the last fifty years. A Malacca street like Heeren Street has many secrets to unfold, and every house or building along this famous street has a worthy story to tell. It would be impossible to dig into the details of every house, but the mansions of the rich and famous towkays will be told. In short, this book of about 150 pages will paint Malacca in colors that are different from the average travel book from Lonely Planet or Fordor, which are compendiums about cities but do not touch the heart of the matter. I have been influenced by the travel writings of Peter Jenkins and Bill Bryson, whose travel books breathe life into the places they write about. I invite you to view Malacca through the panorama that I have personally tried to portray about my city, Malacca. I have interspersed cameos of notable citizens of the city who have contributed to its development. Interesting snippets about my family and myself have been inserted in relevant chapters of the book. I have added some tables of statistics about people and places culled from my daily visits to the Internet. You will get an insight into how a new Malacca has arisen over the ancient town of the days of the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the British. The new commercial heart of the town, Melaka Raya, and the adjoining malls of Dataran Pahlawan and Mahkota Parade are just a stones throw from the A Famosa Gateway. You will get an account of the stalled Gateway Island project, said to cost 40 billion ringgit, a small version of Dubais dazzling reclaimed island development. Napoleon is said to have derided Britain as a nation of shopkeepers. I will describe Malacca today as a city of hotels. This is not an overstatement, and my book will show you why.
Legends of the Secret Tunnels of Malacca
Legends of the Secret Tunnels of Malacca - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Legends of the Secret Tunnels of Malacca write by Dennis De Witt. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Legends of the Secret Tunnels of Malacca available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tales of the subterranean tunnels under the historic town of Malacca has existed for over a century. There were stories of tunnels that served as the governor’s secret emergency exit from the fortress and a mile long tunnel that once connected the fortress of Malacca to the fort on St. John’s hill, strategically built for the defence of the town. There were also stories of a tunnel under St. Paul’s hill and how people had gone into these tunnels but were never to been seen again because they were eaten alive by a giant mythical serpent who guards the tunnels. What secrets do the tunnels contain and why were people willing to risk their life by descending into the the dark and unknown orifices below Malacca? Is there lost treasure still buried in Malacca? Did the last Sultan of Malacca stash his huge cache of gold after the Portuguese captured Malacca and the secret vault still remains undiscovered till today? Was Malacca Ptolemy’s Golden Chersonese and the Ophir the source of King Solomon’s gold? This book uncovers the layers of history that unfolds Malacca’s most bizarre and amazing legend.
Strange and Paranormal Tales from Malacca
Strange and Paranormal Tales from Malacca - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange and Paranormal Tales from Malacca write by Dennis De Witt. This book was released on 2022-01-01. Strange and Paranormal Tales from Malacca available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ancient port town of Malacca is an old town rich in history. Since the beginning of Malacca, its community was made up of a colourful potpourri of cultures and beliefs. The different communities have their own understanding of the powers of the supernatural. As far back as the year 1421, there was a written account from Chinese records of the strange and paranormal witnessed in Malacca. These stories continued in Portuguese, Dutch and British eras, up to modern times. There were accounts about hauntings, poltergeists, cryptozoology, giants, spirits, sorcery, witchcraft, shapeshifting creatures, simulacra, magical cures, strange phenomena, unusual human powers and other bizarre tales. Many of these stories have now become obscured and forgotten to us. This book contains a collection of 60 strange and paranormal stories reported from past reports, news, accounts, statements and descriptions that were officially recorded in books, journals, articles and newspapers.
