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MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR)

MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR) , the See also:

capital of a See also:

DISTRICT

district of the same name in the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

CELEBES

Celebes, Dutch See also:

East Indies, and the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of the Dutch See also:

government of Celebes. Pop. 17,925 (940 Europeans, 2618 See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, 168 See also:

ARABS

Arabs). It stands on the See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

peninsula of the island, near the southern extremity of the Macassar Strait, which separates Celebes from See also:

BORNEO

Borneo. Macassar consists of the Dutch town and See also:

PORT

port, known as See also:

VLAARDINGEN

Vlaardingen, and the See also:

MALAY

Malay town which lies inland. Macassar's See also:

trade amounts to about 1,250,000 annually, and consists mainly of See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, trepang, See also:

COPRA (a Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of the Malay kopperah, and Hindustani khopra, the coco-nut)

copra, gums, spices and valuable See also:

TIMBER

timber. For the Macassar See also:

PEOPLE

people and for the Strait, see CELEBES. " Macassar oil " is a trade name, not See also:

GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical : see See also:

ANTIMACASSAR

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