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<p>[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 7538223, member: 99642"]That whole area changed control several times over the years. One series I really got into was Sarawak. A guy named Brooks, with a handful of his buddies and of course, modern guns, went there in like 1850 and took over the entire country. He named himself the White Rajah and passed the country down through several generations of his sons until finally the last one ceded the country over to the British government after WW II.</p><p>Though you can bet he was "going native" most of the time, after he solidified his control of the country, he went back to England and married himself a white wife and took her back to the jungle to begin his dynasty. What a price she paid for a Royal title.</p><p>I'm still trying to pick up on a Dollar coin from both Sarawak and the Straits Settlements. They are rare and expensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 7538223, member: 99642"]That whole area changed control several times over the years. One series I really got into was Sarawak. A guy named Brooks, with a handful of his buddies and of course, modern guns, went there in like 1850 and took over the entire country. He named himself the White Rajah and passed the country down through several generations of his sons until finally the last one ceded the country over to the British government after WW II. Though you can bet he was "going native" most of the time, after he solidified his control of the country, he went back to England and married himself a white wife and took her back to the jungle to begin his dynasty. What a price she paid for a Royal title. I'm still trying to pick up on a Dollar coin from both Sarawak and the Straits Settlements. They are rare and expensive.[/QUOTE]
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