Coleman's Singapore
At first glance, the title of this book may appear to be an exaggeration: but if we remember that young Coleman arrived in Singapore when that spaesely populated settlement was only three years old, and that he not only surveyed the whole island and constructed inland roads and city streets, but als...
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[Kuala Lumpur]
Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS) in association with Pelanduk Publications
1986/87
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| Series: | Monographs of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society
no. 15 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Coleman's early life
- Coleman in Calcutta and Batavia
- Coleman and Raffles
- Coleman returns to Singapore
- Coleman the surveyor
- No. 3 Coleman Street
- Superintendent of Public Works
- Coleman leaves Singapore in 1841
- Coleman remembered