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"A vessel loaded with creeses manufactured at Menancabo and a great quantity of artillery; a species of warlike machine known and fabricated in Sumatra many years before they were introduced by Europeans." "Menangcabo lies eight or ten leagues inland of Priaman." " A man arrived from Menangcaboo at Ticoo, and brought news from Jambee." Vies des Gouverneurs Gen. Hollandois, 1763.
At this period there was a great intercourse between Manancabo and Malacca, many vessels going yearly with gold to purchase cotton goods and other merchandise. "At Menancabo excellent poniards made, called creeses; best weapons of all the orient. Islands along the coast of Sumatra, called islands of Menancabo."
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