charts. In the Description of Malacca, Portuguese cartographer Manuel Godinho de Erédia named it Pulo Pinaom.

History

Early history

Archaeologists have discovered human remains such as the "Penang Woman", along with seashells, pottery and stone tools, in Seberang Perai. The artefacts indicate that around 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, Penang was inhabited by nomadic Melanesians during the

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