A View of Pulo Pinang or Prince of Wales Island.
1788 Manuscript View of Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
Sold by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Sold by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since 21 November 2024
Very good. Slight foxing. Size 13 x 20 Inches. A remarkable, finely executed manuscript view of Georgetown, Penang Island (modern-day Malaysia), drawn in 1788, just 2 years after that colony's founding. This is most likely the earliest surviving image of Georgetown, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and, by the early 19th century, the center of the spice trade and the epicenter of British power in Southeast Asia. A Closer Look The view reveals the fledgling but already prosperous free port of Georgetown situated at the base of Penang Hill, which looms behind. The ship Carnitic dominates the foreground, allowing us to date the map to 1788, reflecting its first and only visit to Penang. Houses line the shore, and the British Union Jack flies prominently at the point, behind a simple nibong palm stockade. This stockade, the precursor of Fort Cornwallis, was completed in 1789. By 1800, it was actively being transitioned to a stone fort, confirming our dating of the view. Carnatic , an East Indiaman We believe the large East Indiaman in the foreground to be the Carnatic on its first voyage under Captain John Corner. The Carnatic left England on January 29, 1788, bound for Madras and China. It visited Materia on March 3, Madras on June 26, and Penang (here) on August 24. It arrived in China on October 15 before returning to London via St. Helena, arriving on July 3. The ship's name is faintly discernable as Carnatic of London on the rear of the vessel. As this view was almost certainly drawn from life, we can firmly date the view to 1788, just 2 years after Georgetown's founding by Francis Light (c. 1740 - 1794). Georgetown Georgetown was founded in 1786 on Pulo Penang (Penang Island), off the coast of Kedah, in the Malay Peninsula by Francis Light (c. 1740 - 1794). Light's mission was to establish trade relations with the Malay Peninsula. He befriended the Sultan of Kedah, who was at the time under threat from both Siam and Burma, as well as fending off an internal revolt. Believing the British to be more reliable allies, the sultan leased Penang Island to the British East India Company as a trading center and Royal Navy Base. Light began building fortifications and a port. The colony was immediately prosperous, and by 1792, it had a population of 10,000, with some 3,500 ships arriving annually. As a stable free port, Georgetown became the center of the Southeast Asia spice trade. In 1826, it was made the capital of the Straits Settlements and, by the end of the 19th century, the financial capital of Malaya. Penang eventually lost momentum as trade shifted to the larger and better-situated colony of Singapore. Today, Georgetown remains a prosperous multi-cultural town known for some of the best food in Malaysia. Publication History and Census This view is a one-of-a-kind manuscript. We have identified no comparable or derivative pieces. Unique.
Seller Inventory # GeorgetownPenang-manuscript-1788
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