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Malacca Strait

Two thousand years of history in the Malacca Strait, told by the ships that passed through.

Astonishing Road Map of the Roman Empire, copied in the twelfth century from the fourth century version, and extending from Portugal to China!

Lists of Wonders of the World go back a very long time, all the way to the era of Herodotus

Adding steel plate to major warships to stop shells penetrating began in 1860 and carried on until the Second World

As punishment for piracy in Malacca Strait a thousand years ago, a Hindu emperor stages an impressive raid from India to Sumatra.