What does capitan china mean?

capitan china

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

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"The "Capitan China" is a personage always met and very much looked up to, on the tin mines all over the Malayan Peninsula."
"Choa Mah Soo was made Capitan-China in Klias and Mempakul, Pope-Hennessy later claiming that he had "induced the Sultan to restore the old system of "Capitans China" and to treat the Chinese well.""

Capitans China (plural)

Capitan Pasha

Capitan Pasha

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