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Around 1873, Cowie married Flora
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Cowie convinced the Sultan that to achieve a lasting success in overcoming the
Spanish blockade he would need access to a safe harbour; from there he could wait until the shipping route to Sulu was free from Spanish warships. The Sultan permitted Cowie to build a port for his goods at
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Overbeck and Dent as they received the full power of government and territorial rights to the possessions in Borneo, including the islands. The rights from this treaty were then transferred to the newly-founded British North Borneo Company in 1881.
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Malaysia remains a contentious issue. The region has led to a long-standing territorial dispute between Malaysia and the Philippines over much of the eastern part of Sabah, which known as North Borneo prior to the formation of the Malaysian federation.
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in Brunei and founded Cowie
Brothers, based in Singapore. From Labuan, he rented a shipyard for 99 years from which he shipped his coal. On 12 July 1887, Cowie handed over his franchise rights to the British North Borneo Company and returned with his family to
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Scottish east coast. His father was a director in the Wardmill Works of M.C. Thomson & Co., and Cowie trained as an engineer. He received private lessons with the aim of following his grandfather, an engineer in one of the first mills in Scotland.
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By his instrumentality 31,000 square miles of territory in
British North Borneo were added to the British Empire. His indomitable zeal and enthusiasm displayed in the interests of the British North Borneo Company, were the means of raising it to prosperity.
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Everett, was commissioned to conduct the company's business in Borneo. Due to the lack of transportation to move goods in the island, Cowie sought a concession to build a rail network from the
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began but financial difficulties prevented the company fully connecting to northern Borneo; Cowie was unable to raise the necessary funds especially after company officials refused to borrow more money.
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He was appreciated for his extensive knowledge of the territory and the people of Borneo. He rose to the position of
Director General in 1897. In
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under Captain Peter Orr and left Glasgow for Singapore on his 21st birthday. He then began to lead life as an adventurer in the
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to Sandakan. The company initially agreed and appointed Cowie as the Supervisory Board in 1894. In 1896 construction of the
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in 1898 he met with Mat Salleh to bring an indefinite solution of the so-called
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Philippines maintains that it the successor state of the
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in 2022. The award was eventually struck down by the
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