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The Pacific Ocean remained largely mysterious until the latter part of the eighteenth century, when a series of monumental voyages brought most of its heretofore unknown archipelagos to the mapmaker’s pen. Until then the evolving image of the ocean had been moulded as much by the cartographer’s whimsy as by the explorer’s survey. [...] Sandakan is one of those places whose names have a magical ring, promising all kinds of exotic surprises. The commercial centre of the large northeast district bearing the same name, Sandakan not only has an intriguing past but is the gateway to the rich wildlife of Sabah. Within less than a couple of [...] Beginner’s guide to sculpture is an excellent introduction to the basic sculpting techniques. It first looks at the history and development of sculpture, then moves on to providing information and advice on the defferent tools and materials you will need to use. The next section looks at the four basic sculpting techniques that [...] For over 100 years the major regional shipping company domiciled in Singapore was the Straits Stemship Company Ltd. It was a truly regional shipping company with subsidiaries based in Penang and Malacca, in Peninsula Malaysia, in Sabah and Sarawak. Its white painted fleet was the essential connecting link, not only between the major [...] This is a story about the Chinese living in the East Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, a people representing part of the wider spectrum of the Chinese population living outside mainland China. It is the history of the Chinese who had braved the odds and ventured to build their [...] |
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