The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
The division of the Malay Archipelago into British and Dutch spheres of influence.
Key Questions
- 1How did European diplomacy redraw the map of Southeast Asia?
- 2What was the impact on the Johor-Riau Sultanate?
- 3Why did the British trade Bencoolen for Malacca?
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