Comprehensive Guide to Labuan’s History, Culture, and Economy-image

Comprehensive Guide to Labuan’s History, Culture, and Economy

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Item Height: 1.8 in Publication Year: 2017 Genre: Travel, Political Science, History ISBN: 9781876586485 Item Weight: 46.4 Oz Topic: Asia / Southeast Asia, World / Asian, Asia / Southeast Item Width: 6 in Illustrator: Yes Book Title: Encyclopedia of Labuan Publisher: Corfield & Company Author: Justin Corfield Number of Pages: 864 Pages Format: Hardcover gtin13: 9781876586485 Language: English Item Length: 9 in

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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Encyclopedia Of Labuan ISBN13: 9781876586485 ISBN10: 1876586486 Author: Corfield, Justin (Author) Description: The Island Of Labuan Off The North Coast Of Borneo Has Had An Interesting History Since It Was Ceded To Britain By The Sultan Of Brunei In 1846 In Spite Of The Small British Population On The Island, It Has Been The Subject Of Much Research, Especially In Regards To Its Postal History With A Vast Amount Of Scholarship Devoted To This Field The British Hoped To Exploit Coal Found On The Island There Was Even A Plan To Build The British Naval Base There - Later Constructed At Singapore Labuan Was Captured By The Japanese In January 1942, And Retaken By The Australians In June 1945 One Of The Beaches On The Island Was The Site Of The Formal Surrender Of The Japanese, And The Island Is The Location Of The Massive Labuan War Cemetery Where The Bodies Of British Commonwealth Soldiers Who Died In Borneo, Many In Prisoner Of War Camps Or On The Sandakan Death March, Are Buried The Labuan War Memorial Commemorates All Those Who Have No Known Grave After World War Ii, Labuan Became A Part Of The State Of North Borneo, And Then In 1963 A Part Of The Malaysian State Of Sabah In 1984 It Became A Federal Territory With The Hope Of Attracting Major Investment But Although Labuan Has Prospered, It Was Not Nearly As Much As Had Been Expected Tourists Still Go To Labuan, Especially From Brunei This Book Is Not Only The First Encyclopedia Of Labuan, But Is The First Major Work In English On The History Of All Aspects Of The Island, And It Includes More Than 650 Illustrations, Including Many Photographs Not Previously Published It Also Contains A Complete Listing Of Those Buried In The Labuan War Cemetery Or Commemorated On The Labuan War Memorial Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Corfield and Company Publication Date: 2017-12-13 Weight: 2.89 lbs Dimensions: 1.81'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 864 Language: English

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