THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin (Published by The London Printing & Publishing Company about 1856).

Royalty free map available at Steve Bartrick Antique Prints and Maps.

The use of tin currencies issued by the Malay Peninsula was not restricted to areas in the peninsula but extends to a large area in the Malay Archipelago. Although the term Malay Archipelago is widely used, there is no official definition for this area. The widely accepted definition would include Malaysia (the Malay Peninsula, including southern Thailand that connects the Peninsula to the Asian mainland), Brunei, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and islands in the waters surrounded by these large islands. (Source - Bank Negara Malaysia, 1995. Pameran Matawang Perdagangan Kepulauan Melayu (18 Mei - 14 Jun 1995) Unit Muzium Matawang, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, p. 9.)


Thursday, July 1, 2010

THANK YOU

I has been over a month since I reactivated my blogs. There were few visitors to my blogs but from the counter that I installed I can see a certain repeat in the origin of visitors. I subsequently put in additional counters to measure unique visitors and activity by visits and clicks. From the results I am convinced that I do have a few regular visitors to my blogs based on the visits and activity level.

Getting a mere 15 unique visitors since June 13 (i.e. date of counter installation) is nothing to shout about but knowing that there are regular visitors makes me happy. To date, only a few of the items in my collection have been posted but I look forward to doing this slowly and steadily as my blogs unfold.

To my visitors so far, I hope you are enlightened by my blogs. Thank you for your visit(s). Your comments are most welcomed.
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