If you're fascinated by the enchanting pull of the Southern Ocean, this book is a must-read. Kheng-Hor Khoo masterfully chronicles the captivating journey through lands of both opportunity and danger. With vivid storytelling and a keen eye for detail, Nanyang takes you on a thrilling adventure, immersing you in the rich history and complex relationships between people and the powerful ocean that shaped their destinies. Get ready to be transported to a world where excitement and risks intertwine in the pursuit of dreams.

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In this absorbing historical saga, Khoo weaves and engaging tale linking the multi-racial peoples who inhabit [Malaysia and Singapore] : the orang asli (ie. The aborigines), the people from various parts of Southeast Asia collectively known as the Malays, the Chinese (migrants and Straits-born Peranakan), the Indians, and of course, the Eurasians, descendants of intermarriages of the natives and the Europeans, such as the early Portuguese who came to colonize the wealthy Malacca Sultanate, before being chased out by the Dutch, who, in turn were outmaneuvered by the British, who thereafter systematically colonized the land to be known as British Malaya and the Crown Colony of Singapore until they too were driven out by the invading Japanese.

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