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1783
 
By the Treaty of Paris, the British returned the Dutch colonies but secured the right to trade throughout the Dutch island possessions.  1
 
1786
 
The British East India Company secured a grant of Penang (permanent cession 1790), which made a fourth Indian presidency (1805) but proved useless as a naval and commercial base. (See The Malayan Archipelago, 1798–1908)  2
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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