Fort Cornwallis
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Fort Cornwallis is a bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, built by the British East India Company in the late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis, t
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Engraving of Fort Cornwallis in 1804.
Entrance drawbridge of Fort Cornwallis.
Seri Rambai Cannon and walls viewed from the Esplanade.
Francis Light
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Francis Light was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light, who founded the city of
Fort Cornwallis
…Napoleonic Wars, a threat that in the end never materialised. The tourism fee to enter the fort costs RM10 for Malaysians and RM20 for foreigners. Captain Francis Light, R.N., took possession of Penang Island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort. It was a nibong (a Malay term meaning 'palm trunk…
Statue of Light at Fort Cornwallis
HMS Dragon (centre) in 1762
Family tree of the Capel family descendants of Light
The tomb of Francis Light in Penang's Protestant Cemetery.