Fort Cornwallis


Fort Cornwallis is an old shaped fort located on the northeastern coast of Penang, Malaysia. It is named after the late 18th century Governor-General of Bengal, India, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Fort Cornwallis is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.

Captain Sir Francis Light took possession of the island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort. It was a nibong(palm trunk) stockade with no permanent structures, covering an area of 417.6 square feet (38.80 m2).

During Colonel R.T. Farquhar's term as Governor of Penang in 1804 
that the fort was rebuilt with bricks and stones by convict labor 
dispatched from India.The construction of Fort Cornwallis was 
completed in 1810 during Norman Macalister's term as the Governor 
of Penang with the cost of about 80,000 Spanish Dollars.








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As for now, the main page will be an introduction about Fort Cornwallis. The second link will be the history of the fort. In that link, I will explain about the purpose of the fort. The third link will be the artefacts. In that page, I will explain about the five artefacts that Fort Cornwallis has. The last link will be the gallery of Fort Cornwallis.
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There will be banner on the top of the page. Below that, it will be the link to other sub-topics. There is also a side bar in the page. The side bar has links to :

  • introduction 
  • history 
  • artefacts  
  • gallery of Fort Cornwallis.
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